Defence lawyers argued that the case attempts to ‘criminalise core political speech and political advocacy’.
Former president Donald Trump continues to falsely blame his 2020 election defeat on widespread voter fraud.
The filings offer an early glimpse at how Trump plans to defend himself against what prosecutors allege was a multipronged conspiracy to hinder the counting and certification of the results of an election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden. “There is a concern here about the uncertain line between advocacy and criminal conduct,” said Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University and frequent witness for Republican lawmakers in Congress.
Trump’s political rhetoric is also poised to be a point of contention in the Washington case, where US district judge Tanya Chutkan has already warned Trump’s lawyers about bringing the campaign into the courtroom. Those claims complement his political case as an anti-establishment crusader whose movement is opposed by powerful foes seeking to silence him.
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