And as prosecutors seek a speedy trial, he warned that his team will seek to run out the process for years in an apparent attempt to move it past the 2024 election.
Trump slams prosecutors, judge, Biden administration and GOP senatorsDefense teams have the right to use every courtroom mechanism within legal bounds to their client’s best advantage.
Trump’s team sought an extension of a Monday afternoon deadline to file on the matter, but Chutkan refused their request.
Lauro also further revealed his hand on defense strategy by arguing that despite being told multiple times by officials and campaign advisers that he lost the election, Trump’s actions were not criminal since he was convinced he won.
Donald Trump … believed in his heart of hearts that he had won that election,” he said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.
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