Two and a half years after a New York jury convicted Donald Trump of 34 felony counts , lawyers for the president are set to appear in a Manhattan courtroom to argue the case be overturned.

Trump's attorneys at the white shoe law firm Sullivan & Cromwell argue the case is the "most politically charged prosecution in our Nation's history" and should be reversed.

"The DA, a Democrat, brought those charges in the middle of a contentious Presidential election in which President Trump was the leading Republican candidate. These charges against President Trump were as unprecedented as their political context," Trump's lawyers wrote in a filing at the First Department of the State Supreme Court's Appellate Division.

President Donald Trump speaks at the construction site of the East Wing ballroom at the White House in Washington, November 4, 2026.

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