The former president's lawyers are arguing that the Justice Department is criminalizing 'core political speech' protected by the First Amendment and selectively targeting him for prosecution.
The former president's lawyers are arguing that the Justice Department is criminalizing"core political speech" protected by the First Amendment and selectively targeting him for prosecution.Lawyers for former President Donald Trump exhorted a judge to dismiss the federal election interference case against him, arguing that the Justice Department is criminalizing"core political speech" protected by the First Amendment and selectively targeting him for prosecution.
"If there is any constant in our democratic system of governance, it is that the marketplace of ideas — not the mandates of government functionaries or partisan prosecutors — determines the scope of public debate," wrote defense attorneys John Lauro, Todd Blanche, Gregory Singer and Emil Bove.The lawyers asked U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to dismiss the unprecedented four-count felony indictment on an array of legal grounds, including the idea that the U.S.
His lawyers said in one of the new court filings that there's no evidence Trump acted"corruptly," nor that he deceived anyone. Trump is the leading candidate for the GOP nomination to return to the White House in 2024. He's campaigning even as he fights criminal cases in four different jurisdictions: Florida; Fulton County, Ga.; New York; and Washington, D.C.
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