Trump’s Actions Not Fraudulent Just Because State Says It’s ‘False,’ Says Attorney

    [epoch_component type=”live_update” section_title=”Which Words in the Indictment Are ‘Fact’?” update_time=”2024-03-28T10:48″ inline_authors=”” update_source=”” pinned=”false”]In order for defendants to bring a First Amendment as-applied challenge before the trial, they must only rely on facts presented in the indictment. Judge McAfee pointed out that the indictment attaches “unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly false” to President Trump’s speech. “Those words are not words of fact,” Mr. Sadow argued. “Those are words of legal commentation.” The judge pushed back saying “we make legal conclusions in indictments all the time, I think that’s going to be part of Mr. Shafer’s argument in just a minute.”...