CNN —In a slew of court filings late Monday, attorneys for Donald Trump filed several motions asking the judge overseeing the election subversion case in Washington, DC, to dismiss the charges against the former president on grounds that, among other things, they violate his First Amendment rights and are the product of a “selective and vindictive prosecution.”“Countless millions believe, as President Trump consistently has and currently does, that fraud and irregularities pervaded the 2020 Presidential Election,” his attorneys wrote.
Within the plethora of legal arguments as to why the charges against Trump should be dismissed, his attorneys also argued that the prosecution itself essentially amounts to a political hit job.
“Three days after President Trump formally announced his candidacy, the Special Counsel was put in place as part of a flawed effort to insulate Biden and his supporters from scrutiny of their obvious and illegal bias,” his attorneys wrote, adding that the prosecution against Trump for actions he took while president show a selective prosecution from special counsel Jack Smith.
Trump’s attorneys, in their filings, also moved to strike allegations around the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack mentioned in the indictment against him, arguing that Trump is not being charged “with responsibility for the actions at the Capitol” and that such mentions of the January 6 attack could be “highly prejudicial” against him.
The former president pleaded not guilty in August.
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