Trump’s Lawyers Slam Alvin Bragg’s Recent Hush Money Case Idea: ‘Absurd’ [Video]

President-elect Donald Trump‘s lawyers slammed Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg‘s recent hush money case proposal as “absurd” in a new legal filing.

What to Know About Trump’s Hush Money Case

Trump’s election win has complicated Bragg’s case in which a New York jury in late May found Trump, who was a former president at the time, guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to hush money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels shortly before his first presidential election in 2016. Daniels alleges she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006, which he denies. The former president has maintained his innocence, claiming the case is politically motivated.

The judge overseeing the case, Juan Merchan, has to make the difficult decision of how to move forward with the case as Trump heads to the White House in a few weeks. In the meantime, Merchan postponed Trump’s sentencing, originally scheduled to take place in …