Trump's attorney attempts to quash indictments at hearing in Georgia election interference case

Judge denies two of Trump’s motions to dismiss his federal election interference case

The judge rejected arguments from Trump's lawyers cited the First Amendment and presidential immunity in pressing for the dismissal of special counsel Jack Smith’s case.

Trump lawyer: Trial during campaign would be ‘election interference’

A Fulton County grand jury in August indicted Trump and 18 others, accusing them of participating in a wide-ranging scheme to illegally try to overturn the result of the 2020 election and to keep Trump in power even though he had lost to Democrat Joe Biden.

Prosecuting Trump in Georgia is ‘election interference’ if he becomes GOP nominee, Trump attorney says

Steve Sadow, attorney for Donald Trump, speaks in Superior Court of Fulton County before Judge Scott McAfee as part of the Georgia election indictments on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023 in Atlanta.John David Mercer, USA Today via Associated Press An attorney representing former President Donald Trump said on Friday that putting Trump on trial in Georgia during the lead-up to the general election would be equivalent to “election interference,” especially …

Trump attorney says trial during campaign would be 'election interference' if he is GOP nominee

An attorney for former U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday it would amount to "election interference" if his client is the Republican nominee for president while on trial in Georgia in the months running up to the general election.

Trump, Codefendants Push for Pretrial Rulings in Georgia Election Case, Arguing Deficient Indictment

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee heard arguments on dismissing several criminal counts from a racketeering case charging former President Donald Trump and 14 others with interfering in the 2020 elections. On the defense side, attorneys for President Trump, former Republican elector David Schafer, former Trump Campaign attorney Robert Cheeley, and former Trump attorneys Ray Smith and John Eastman argued at the hearing. On Dec. 1, l…

Trump’s Lawyer Says Trial Would Be Election Interference

“Holding Donald Trump’s election interference trial next August would amount to serious ‘election interference,’ the former president’s lead Atlanta attorney told a Fulton County judge on Friday,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. “Making his courtroom debut for Trump, attorney Steve Sadow said the timing proposed by prosecutors — in which the Georgia racketeering case would begin just three months before the general election — would res…