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 cannot count the number of times I’ve seen the phrase, “Ignorance of the law is not a defense.”
It is, if you’re rich
Or a cop.
This one always riled me. I, as just some asshole, have to know every nuance of every bylaw -
But someone whose paid employment job is “da law” can just go “whoopsies beating that guy and taking his wallet was bad? uWu”
It’s not a legal defense but in the court of “opinion of trump supporters” it’s sufficient.
I mean, how could he have known that trying to manipulate an election result might be illegal ?