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NEW: Trump sentencing likely delayed. Manhattan DA's office says it would not oppose a brief delay to brief issues surrounding immunity decision. (via Frank G. Runyeon, Law360)
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Don't worry about this, friends! Nothing is likely to change—it's just customary to allow briefing on new issues. No doubt the Trump team will raise this issue on appeal, but my first impression is that it's very unlikely to succeed
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But immunity doesn't even apply in this case, does it? Trump wasn't the president then, or am I missing something?
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Some conversations used against him took place while he was president, so Trump's attorneys will argue those conversations are now inadmissible. A cynical person might conclude the SCOTUS decision was carefully crafted to inflict the maximum feasible chaos on *all* of Trump's criminal cases.
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At this point it's a reasonable conclusion.