US District Judge Aileen Cannon has canceled tentative plans to hold a hearing on August 25 on a protective order for classified evidence in the Mar-a-Lago documents case against former President Donald Trump.
US District Judge Aileen Cannon has canceled tentative plans to hold a hearing on August 25 on a protective order for classified evidence in the Mar-a-Lago documents case against former President Donald Trump.
Not op (nor a lawyer) but as it was explained by an actual lawyer, there’s an argument to be made that since some of the crimes were committed while president he could argue that they were done so as part of his presidential duties. If the judge agrees it could be moved to federal court.
Mark Meadows has already filled a req to remove the case to federal court since he was acting as a federal employee during all the crime-ing.
He can argue anything he wants. Presidential duty doesn’t involve plotting coups against your own country, kind of the opposite really.
And before you start putting stock in Trump allies requesting things, remember the 60+ lawsuits they filed right after the election. They lost every single one, and for good reason.
I was just (somewhat poorly) answering the ‘why is this even an option’ question above, not trying to justify it.
Even if it does work, it changes nothing but the venue. They’re still facing state charges, and it’s still DA Willis and her team bringing them, it’ll just be a federal judge overseeing with a slightly larger jury pool.
My point wasn’t that it’s a way to avoid the charges, however it will work as a delay tactic.