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Lawyers for former President Donald Trump filed their first motion to dismiss the federal election interference case against their client, arguing that Trump has “absolute immunity” from prosecution for actions taken while he was president.
This is the first of what will likely be many motions to
dismiss the case brought against Trump by special counsel Jack Smith, who
accused him of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election.
In August, Trump pleaded not guilty to charges that he
participated in a “criminal scheme” to overturn the results of the 2020
election by recruiting a list of so-called “fake voters,” using the Justice Department
to carry out “false electoral crime.” investigations,” trying to recruit the
vice president to “alter election results” and promoting false claims of a
stolen election like the
The former president denied all accusations and described
them as “persecution of a political opponent.”CBrief
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