“This Court finds that Defendant had myriad opportunities to raise the claim of presidential immunity well before March 7, 2024. Defendant could have done so in his omnibus motions on September 29, 2023, which were filed a mere six days before he briefed the same issue in his Federal Insurrection Matter and several months after he brought his motion for removal to federal court on May 4, 2023.”
“Further, the Defendant could have expanded his argument on this topic in his motions in limine or in his opposition to the People’s motions in limine but he did not. Lastly, having addressed the issue of timeliness and turning to Defendant’s motion for preclusion of the People’s evidence of the alleged ‘pressure campaign,’ the Court reminds Defendant that it already ruled on this issue in its Decision and Order on Defendant’s Motions in Limine at pgs 7-8. Defendant’s motion is DENIED in its entirety as untimely. The Court declines to consider whether the doctrine of presidential immunity precludes the introduction of evidence of purported official presidential acts in a criminal proceeding,” wrote Judge Juan Merchan as he handed another L to fat former President Trump on Wednesday.