Trump doesn't deserve 'special treatment' in New York hush money case: Prosecutors

Former President Donald Trump is seeking "special treatment" that he does not deserve, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a court filing Thursday opposing Trump's attempt to dismiss the criminal indictment related to the hush payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.

Trump is charged with nearly three dozen felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with what the Manhattan district attorney's office called "an expansive and corrupt criminal scheme" to conceal damaging information from the public ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

Trump, who has pleaded not guilty and denied all wrongdoing, is seeking to have the case dismissed, calling it a "discombobulated package of politically motivated charges" that violates his due process rights and interferes with his current campaign to retake the White House.

In their new filing, prosecutors argued the existence of a political campaign should have no bearing on the criminal prosecution.

"Defendant repeatedly suggests that because he is a current presidential candidate, the ordinary rules for criminal law and procedure should be applied differently here. This argument is essentially an attempt to evade criminal responsibility because defendant is politically powerful," prosecutors said.