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