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Former President Donald Trump’s legal team filed multiple motions Thursday night urging a Florida judge to dismiss the criminal case charging him with illegally retaining classified documents, claiming in part that presidential immunity protects him from prosecution — an argument they have already submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in his election interference case.

Lawyers Christopher Kise and Todd Blanche wrote that the charges “turn on his alleged decision to designate records as personal under the Presidential Records Act (PRA) and to cause the records to be moved from the White House to Mar-a-Lago.” Since Trump made this decision while he was still in office, they wrote, it “was an official act, and as such is subject to presidential immunity.”

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[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 43 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It doesn't work that way. You can't just declare shit "Unclassified!" and make is so. It has to go through a process where it's reviewed and necessary redactions are made.

Hes also on tape saying "I could have declassified this as president, but I can't now."

[–] milkjug@lemmy.wildfyre.dev 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It’s Aileen Cannon. She can rule as she damn well pleases. Before it gets overturned on appeal anyway.

[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I suspect she might deny this motion though, because otherwise the appeal would move the case to a more reasonable Court under a judge who both knows and is willing to apply the law, and Trump loses. Denying it would also be the smart play to give the appearance of impartiality, when really is just another delay tactic.

Or, maybe she grants the motion to dismiss because she's tired of the legal profession and wants to go live in the woods as a hermit 🤷 I would, in her position.

[–] rynzcycle@kbin.social 14 points 8 months ago

Classic Kbin moment: The thumbnail is a photo of two kiwi birds from another post. I choose to believe these birds are also Trump's lawyers.

[–] Pratai@lemmy.cafe 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How many times are they going to try this before they realize that it’s not a thing?

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

It's just another thing to slow down the case. Doesn't matter if it's real or not he is just wasting everyone's time.

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 months ago

Trump’s lawyers wrote that the classified documents charges turn on his alleged decision to designate the papers as “personal” records under the Presidential Records Act, and argued that he cannot be prosecuted since that was an “official act” made while he was still in the White House.

Was it? Sounds like some sovcit bullshit. Archivists pulled his notes from a trashbin to unwrap, glue together and ID them all while he was in the office. A habit very common in career thugs wanting to leave no paper trace. I doubt that there's some way to personalize records that not even his to begin with. He's that one employee who, on justified firing, takes as much office property as he can.

[–] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)
[–] jwt@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago

Sounds like Michael Scott went on to become a lawyer, declaring pRreSiDEnTiAL iMmUNityYYyYYy1!!!1!