The Republican president-elect's lawyers asked New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan for permission to file a formal motion laying out their arguments by December 20.

President-elect Trump's lawyers called for an "immediate dismissal" of New York v. Trump, declaring that the American people’s choice to elect the former president to a second term "supersedes" Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s "political motivations."

The election of Donald Trump has led to all four criminal cases against him being paused in some way.