Prosecutors fight Trump’s latest push to dismiss criminal hush-money case

Prosecutors argue that Trump's position as president-elect does not grant him legal protection

Manhattan prosecutors on filed paperwork to fight Donald Trump's most recent push for dismissal of his criminal hush-money case, saying that his position as president-elect does not grant him legal protection.

This Court should reject defendant's motion to immediately" dismiss the indictment and vacate the jury's guilty verdict based on the outcome of the recent presidential election," prosecutors wrote in papers filed Monday but made public this afternoon.