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Judge in Trump’s Classified Documents Case Sets Date to Hear Motions to Dismiss
Judge Cannon said that after reviewing the motions, the court found a matter that may be of considerable help to the court.By Zachary Stieber
3/8/2024
Updated:
3/8/2024
The federal judge overseeing one of the criminal cases against former President Donald Trump on March 7 announced an upcoming hearing.
If the judge rules in favor of President Trump’s motions to dismiss, no trial would be held.
President Trump’s lawyers said in filings that the case should be thrown out because he has presidential immunity, and because under federal law, he was able to designate any government document as a personal record.
Presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts draws support directly from the text of the Constitution, as the Impeachment Judgment Clause states that a president cannot be criminally prosecuted unless he is first impeached and convicted by the U.S. Senate,” they said in one of the motions.
The Presidential Records Act, meanwhile, “conferred unreviewable discretion on President Trump to designate the records at issue as personal,” meaning his possession of them is not unauthorized as prosecutors have alleged, the lawyers wrote in another filing.
More here: https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/ju...oReport&src_src=partner&src_cmp=BonginoReport
Will Joe Biden's prosecution of his political opponent fail? We shall see, There is legal precedent for doing so which I have posted more than once in the past.