Trump Lawyers Argue He Has Presidential Immunity in Classified Documents Case
Published on February 23, 2024
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump on Thursday argued in court that his Florida classified documents case should dismissed because he has presidential immunity and should be shielded from prosecution. In four motions to dismiss the indictment to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, his lawyers wrote that the case should be dismissed and he should be shielded from criminal prosecution because he has presidential immunity. They wrote that as commander-in-chief, President Trump had “unreviewable discretion” over the classified records in question. They also argued that under the Presidential Records Act, he could designate any government document as his own personal record....