Criminal’s lawyers demand his conviction be thrown out because it would be “destabilizing” to let it stand.

Donald Trump’s attorneys are demanding the judge who presided over his New York hush money trial and conviction immediately throw out the case, saying it would be “uniquely destabilizing to the country” otherwise.

Hey, you know what’s really destabilizing? Electing a convicted criminal president.

“Immediate dismissal of this case is mandated by the federal Constitution, the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, and the interests of justice, in order to facilitate the orderly transition of Executive power following President Trump’s overwhelming victory in the 2024 Presidential election,” attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove argued in a letter to Judge Juan Merchan that was made public Wednesday.

The interests of justice forsooth. No, the interests of justice mandate not letting a ruthless criminal get away with some of his crimes because he’s too famous and rich to face punishment.

The letter also cited presidential immunity as a reason to dismiss the case, and maintained Trump is already protected by it.

You mean already and retroactively. He was found guilty, but now that enough people thought it would be a fun joke to elect him president anyway, he becomes not guilty? That’s not justice, it’s borderline dictatorship.

In a letter to the judge Tuesday, prosecutors from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office said they would not object to the sentencing being postponed while Trump’s lawyers file further legal arguments asking the case be dismissed.  

They said they would challenge efforts to toss the case, but agreed the situation is unprecedented.

“The People deeply respect the Office of the President, are mindful of the demands and obligations of the presidency, and acknowledge that Defendant’s inauguration will raise unprecedented legal questions,” their filing said. “We also deeply respect the fundamental role of the jury in our constitutional system.”

They respect all those things, but Trump doesn’t. Trump doesn’t respect anything but himself.