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Donald Trump: judge rejects efforts to dismiss election subversion case against ex-president (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A federal judge presiding over the election subversion case against Donald Trump has rejected efforts from his legal team to dismiss the indictment on grounds that the former president was prosecuted for vindictive and political purposes.

The ruling from US district judge Tanya Chutkan is the first substantive order since the case was returned to her on Friday, following a landmark supreme court opinion last month that conferred broad immunity for former presidents and narrowed special counsel Jack Smith’s case against Trump.

In their motion to dismiss the indictment, defence lawyers argued that Trump was mistreated because he was prosecuted even though others who have challenged election results have avoided criminal charges.

But Chutkan rejected both arguments, saying Trump was not charged simply for challenging election results but instead for “knowingly making false statements in furtherance of criminal conspiracies and for obstruction of election certification proceedings.”

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Which election subversion case is this?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

DC case. It's the second line in the article

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

There's so many of them it's hard to keep up.