The Manhattan District Attorney's Office asked a New York appeals court to reject President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the conviction he received in 2024 for falsifying business records, a ruling that set a precedent by making him the first president to take office with a criminal conviction.

According to information published by ABC NEWS, prosecutors maintain that the defense arguments have no legal basis and reiterate that the case is related to conduct of a strictly private nature, so the Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity does not apply in this process.

Presidential immunity, at the center of the appeal

Trump's defense maintains that part of the evidence used during the trial should have been excluded after the ruling issued by the Supreme Court in 2024, which granted broad protection to presidents for official acts carried out during the exercise of their functions.

However, the prosecution responded that the facts investigated correspond to an alleged scheme to hide payments intended to silence adult film actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election, in addition to the subsequent accounting record that, according to the accusation, sought to cover up those operations.

“The criminal charges in this case arose from the defendant's unofficial and non-presidential conduct,” prosecutors argued in the document filed with the appeals court.

They also reject accusations against the judge

In the same letter, the prosecution dismissed Trump's questions against Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over the trial. The defense had requested that he be removed from the case due to political donations of $35 made years ago to candidates and organizations linked to the Democratic Party.

Prosecutors responded that those contributions were minimal and that the Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee previously concluded that there was no reason for the recusal.

Although the sentence contemplated the possibility of prison, Merchan opted for an unconditional acquittal considering the exceptional circumstances arising from the presidential election.

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