Trump seeks to dismiss Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, citing in part presidential immunity
Source: CNN Politics
Updated 12:13 AM EST, Fri February 23, 2024
CNN — In four expansive filings Thursday evening, Donald Trump moved to dismiss the criminal indictment he faces for keeping classified information at his Mar-a-Lago residence, arguing that the charges, as well as the special counsel, lack legitimacy. The filings put forth an array of arguments that go to the heart of the classified documents case and make clear that the former president’s legal team is still pursuing their clearest legal strategy to date – to delay any eventual trial date.
In moving to toss the case, his attorneys again argued that Trump is protected by presidential immunity, echoing arguments Trump made in the election subversion case against him in Washington, DC, which were roundly rejected by a federal judge as well as a three-judge panel in the DC District Court of Appeals.
Defense attorneys wrote that the indictment covers alleged decisions Trump made as president, which are “subject to presidential immunity” as an official act.
In their ruling earlier this month, the three-judge panel in DC forcefully dismissed the argument that Trump should be immune from prosecution, writing: “It would be a striking paradox if the President, who alone is vested with the constitutional duty to ‘take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed,’ were the sole officer capable of defying those laws with impunity.”
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