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;

Brief for Amicus Coolidge-Reagan Foundation [in Support of Defendant-Appellant], People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump, App. Div. Case No. 2025-00648 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep’t Dec. 15, 2025), NYSCEF No. 83, 2025 WL -------; 

The Manhattan District Attorney’s (Appellee’s) Responsive brief was originally due December 10, 2025. On December 4, 2025, the parties filed a joint stipulation in regard to the schedule for the outstanding briefs. Under the new schedule, the (Appellee’s) Responsive brief is due February 4, 2026 and Trump’s reply is due March 13, 2026. It would appear that oral argument will be held during the April term (of the Appellate Division’s First Department), which begins March 31, 2026. The April term will last for about the next 10 business days. [Passover runs from the evening of Wednesday, April 1, 2026 through the evening of Thursday, April 9, 2026.]

See generally: NYSCEF System: <Document List> ;

There is a parallel federal action in which President Trump is seeking to remove the state case into the federal system. Trump’s opening brief is/was due by 12/8/2026. The Manhattan DA’s response is due by 1/7/2026. Trump’s reply is due by 1/21/2026. Oral Argument is scheduled for 2/4/2026 at 10:00 AM before Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein (SDNY). It is possible that the federal district court will hear and decide its removal case BEFORE the New York state appellate court decides the appeal of Judge Merchan’s final order and sentencing. 

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 (Update: Dec. 5, 2025) (Nov. 12, 2025, 4:08 AM), <https://reformclub.blogspot.com/2025/11/people-of-state-of-new-york-v-trump.html>;