Trump claims he didn’t have ‘fair notice’ that Georgia actions could be illegal
The former president files several fresh motions to toss out Fulton County election interference charges
Attorneys for Donald Trump claim that the former president didn’t have “fair notice” that his attempts to reverse his Georgia loss in the 2020 presidential election could result in criminal charges against him.
A flurry of filings in Fulton County Superior Court on Monday argue that the sprawling election interference case against Mr Trump “consists entirely of core political speech at the zenith of First Amendment protections”.
Attorneys for the former president want the case dismissed on grounds that he has “presidential immunity” from actions while in office, that he was already acquitted for similar allegations in his second impeachment trial, and that he was never told that what he was doing in the state – where he is charged as part of an alleged racketeering scheme to unlawfully subvert the state’s election results – could be prosecuted.
I'm pretty certain we know his lawyers told him it was illegal
I'm pretty sure a 5 yr old could have told him it's illegal.
To be fair they likely told him after the call, I dont think any of them assumed he was just going to blurt out some insane crimes on a phone call like that
Yeah but they told him when he wasn't paying attention, so, that's on them.
How awesome would it be to have testimony to this effect
Yeah, but he employed the presidential right of "nuh-uh" and did it anyway.