Turley Says Merchan Refusing To Toss Trump Conviction Blows Up Media Narrative About SCOTUS Immunity Ruling

George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley argued Tuesday that Judge Juan Merchan’s refusal to toss President-elect Donald Trump’s conviction blew up the media’s narrative about the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling.

Merchan rejected Trump’s lawyers’ request Monday night to dismiss the president-elect’s 34-count conviction for allegedly falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to former porn actress Stormy Daniels. Turley said this decision contradicted the media’s panicking about the Supreme Court’s ruling in July that presidents are immune from prosecution for official acts taken while they are in office.

“ really iron-plated this decision. He said ‘first of all, this was not official conduct and even if it was official conduct, it wasn’t protected,’” Turley said. “And if it was protected, and there’s some evidence that came in that shouldn’t have come in, it was all harmless error. So you can pick any one of those three and he would still be good to go. That is an opinion that is likely to get support from some people on the appellate level. What’s interesting about the opinion is it really contradicts what many in the media have said for months. That the Supreme Court’s decision granted sweeping immunity, that it was a ‘death squad ruling,’ Merchan had no difficulty in finding exceptions that might apply to this case.”

“And so I think a lot of judges will probably agree with the outcome, not necessarily all of the reasoning of Judge Merchan, but we will have to see. There are good faith arguments that the Trump team made and will make on appeal,” Turley continued.

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