I don't think I will ever be able to forgive the American electorate for putting this clown back in office:
Attorneys for Donald Trump asked a Georgia appellate court Wednesday to consider the “unconstitutionality” of the ongoing 2020 election interference case against him now that he is the nation’s president-elect and order the presiding judge to dismiss all charges against him.
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The motion asks the Georgia Court of Appeals to find that it no longer has legal jurisdiction over the matter because it is unconstitutional to prosecute a sitting president “in any way.” It asks the appeals court to order Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who is presiding over the criminal racketeering and conspiracy case, to dismiss the indictment against Trump.
Trump attorney Steve Sadow wrote in the motion that “the continued indictment and prosecution of President Trump by the State of Georgia are unconstitutional. Trump respectfully submits that upon reaching that decision, this Court should dismiss his appeal for lack of jurisdiction with directions to the trial court to immediately dismiss the indictment against President Trump.”
A spokesman for Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Attorneys for Donald Trump asked a Georgia appellate court Wednesday to consider the “unconstitutionality” of the ongoing 2020 election interference case against him now that he is the nation’s president-elect and order the presiding judge to dismiss all charges against him.
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The motion asks the Georgia Court of Appeals to find that it no longer has legal jurisdiction over the matter because it is unconstitutional to prosecute a sitting president “in any way.” It asks the appeals court to order Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who is presiding over the criminal racketeering and conspiracy case, to dismiss the indictment against Trump.
Trump attorney Steve Sadow wrote in the motion that “the continued indictment and prosecution of President Trump by the State of Georgia are unconstitutional. Trump respectfully submits that upon reaching that decision, this Court should dismiss his appeal for lack of jurisdiction with directions to the trial court to immediately dismiss the indictment against President Trump.”
A spokesman for Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
