Key takeaways:
- President Donald Trump has filed a motion to dismiss the 2020 election interference case against him, claiming that his efforts to remain in the White House were part of his official responsibilities as President and should be protected by presidential immunity.
- Trump’s legal team has described what prosecutors allege was a conspiracy to disenfranchise American voters as “efforts to ensure election integrity.”
- The motion to dismiss is the latest move by Trump’s legal team in the ongoing legal battle over the 2020 election.
President Donald Trump has filed a motion to dismiss the 2020 election interference case against him, claiming that his efforts to remain in the White House were part of his official responsibilities as President and should be protected by presidential immunity.
Trump’s legal team argued that special counsel Jack Smith’s team had “falsely” claimed that “President Trump’s motives were impure — that he purportedly ‘knew’ that the widespread reports of fraud and election irregularities were untrue.”
The motion to dismiss came two days after prosecutors in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office remarked that Trump’s attorneys had spent time talking on TV about how they intended to file a motion to dismiss based on a presidential immunity argument, but had not yet done so, instead filing various motions seeking to delay the proceedings.
Trump’s legal team has described what prosecutors allege was a conspiracy to disenfranchise American voters as “efforts to ensure election integrity.”
The motion to dismiss is the latest move by Trump’s legal team in the ongoing legal battle over the 2020 election. It is unclear if the motion will be successful, and the case is expected to continue to be litigated in the coming weeks.
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