Trump files motions in new bid to dismiss election subversion case
by Associated Press from US news | The Guardian on (#6FTM4)
Lawyers say indictment over alleged plot to overturn 2020 election violates Trump's free-speech rights and is vindictive prosecution
Lawyers for Donald Trump are raising new challenges to the federal election subversion case against him, telling a judge that the indictment should be dismissed because it violates the former president's free-speech rights and represents a vindictive prosecution.
The motions filed late on Monday in the case charging the Republican with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election he lost to Joe Biden are on top of a pending argument by defense attorneys that he is immune from federal prosecution for actions taken within his official role as president.
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