Trump files motion to dismiss his hush money case — citing Hunter Biden

Donald Trump's lawyers have submitted a motion to dismiss his New York fraud verdict issued by a jury in May, citing President Joe Biden's full pardon of his son Hunter Biden.

Norm Eisen and other legal analysts posted a screen capture of the filing, which uses several claims that experts said were unsupported by the facts.

"Trump starts off by referencing [President Joe] Biden's pardon of his son yesterday," Eisen posted on Bluesky. "Whatever you may think of that (I support it)...it has absolutely nothing to do with the conviction on 34 counts here. I was in court every day of the trial, and the evidence was overwhelming."

"Trump analogizes the Biden criticism of the federal prosecution, but that has nothing to do with this state prosecution. Alvin Bragg does not work for the U.S. Department of Justice," Eisen added.

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"It's also false that 'this case would never have been brought were it not for President Trump's political views,'" he continued. "As I've written, falsification of business records cases have been brought [more than] 10,000 times since 2015."

Trump in May was convicted by a New York jury on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Judge Juan Merchan delayed the sentencing indefinitely following Trump's election win and ongoing debate over presidential immunity.