Manhattan DA Says Trump Seeks Special Treatment

Donald Trump’s bid to dismiss Manhattan criminal charges over hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels boils down to an argument that the former president deserves special treatment, prosecutors told a judge.

“This argument is essentially an attempt to evade criminal responsibility because defendant is politically powerful,” prosecutors in the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Thursday in a court filing. “Courts have repeatedly rejected defendant’s demands for special treatment and instead have adhered to the core principle that the rule of law applies equally to the powerful as to the powerless.”