People of the State of New York v. Trump: Briefs and Other Filings (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep’t)

Brief for Defendant-Appellant President Donald J. Trump, People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump, App. No. 2025-00648 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep’t Oct. 27, 2025), Doc. No. 66, 2025 WL 3015820, <trump-appeal-hush-money.pdf>;

Brief of Professor Seth Barrett Tillman and Landmark Legal Foundation as Amici Curiae in Support of Defendant-Appellant Donald J. Trump, People of the State of New York v. President Donald J. Trump, App. No. 2025-00648 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep’t Oct. 29, 2025) (filed by Robert W. Ray, Esq., of Sterlington PLLC, and J. Andrew Salemme, Esq., of Tucker Arensberg, P.C.), Doc. No. 72, 2025 WL 3028790, <https://ssrn.com/abstract=5652010>; 

Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae in Support of Defendant Appellant, People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump, App. No. 2025-00648 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep’t Nov. 7, 2025), Doc. No. 76, 2025 WL 3253540;

The Manhattan District Attorney’s (Appellee’s) Responsive brief is due December 10, 2025—albeit, a brief can always be filed prior to its due date—albeit, the prosecutor may request an extension. Many expect such a request for an extension to be filed in due course. After the response is filed, Trump will file a reply. After briefing, oral argument is likely to follow, and then a decision. Such a decision might be announced at around the time of the November 2026 congressional elections. 

December 19, 2025: REPLY BRIEF DUE.

January 6, 2025: ORAL ARGUMENT.

See generally: NYSCEF System: <Document List> 

Seth Barrett Tilman, ‘People of the State of New York v. Trump: Briefs and Other Filings (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep’t),’ New Reform Club (Nov. 12, 2025, 4:08 AM), <https://reformclub.blogspot.com/2025/11/people-of-state-of-new-york-v-trump.html>;