Trump asks judge to gut classified documents case after immunity ruling
by Hugo Lowell in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6P0X6)
Filing asks Aileen Cannon to take scalpel to any charges considered official' acts that could not be prosecuted
Donald Trump moved on Friday to capitalize on the US supreme court's decision to confer broad immunity to former presidents, asking the federal judge overseeing his criminal case for retaining classified documents to take a scalpel to any charges that were official" acts that could not be prosecuted.
The supreme court this week held that former presidents enjoyed some immunity from criminal prosecution for certain conduct they undertook in office, which also meant evidence of immune acts could not be introduced as evidence at any trial even if they did not form part of the charges.
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