Trump’s lawyers call for judge to throw out hush money conviction

President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers urged a judge again Friday to throw out his hush money conviction, baulking at the prosecution’s suggestion of preserving the verdict by treating the case the way some courts do when a defendant dies before sentencing.

Lawyers for Mr Trump called the idea “absurd”.

The Manhattan district attorney’s office is asking Judge Juan M Merchan to “pretend as if one of the assassination attempts against President Trump had been successful,” Mr Trump’s lawyers wrote in a blistering 23-page response.