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JUST IN: Trump Files Motion to Dismiss Jack Smith’s DC Jan 6 Case, Citing ‘Presidential Immunity’
The Gateway Pundit ^ | October 5, 2023 | Cristina Laila

Posted on 10/05/2023 1:27:34 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man

President Trump on Thursday moved to dismiss Special Counsel Jack Smith’s DC case, citing ‘presidential immunity.’

Last month Trump was hit with 4 counts in Jack Smith’s January 6 case up in DC: Conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.

Jack Smith is also using the DC case to gag Trump.

The special counsel’s prosecutors accused Trump of attempting to “prejudice the jury pool through disparaging and inflammatory attacks on the citizens of this District, the Court, prosecutors, and prospective witnesses.”

Trump’s lawyers blasted the Biden Regime and accused Jack Smith of “breaking 234 years of precedent” for charging a former president.

“Breaking 234 years of precedent, the incumbent administration has charged President Trump for acts that lie not just within the ‘outer perimeter,’ but at the heart of his official responsibilities as President,” Trump’s attorneys say in their filing. “In doing so, the prosecution does not, and cannot, argue that President Trump’s efforts to ensure election integrity, and to advocate for the same, were outside the scope of his duties.”

Trump’s lawyers also argued that Trump has immunity based on his acquittal in the Senate after his second impeachment related to January 6.

(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: harassment; immunity; jacksmith; january6case; persecution; trump
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Jack Smith can't be happy about this filing. If this gets shot down I don't know what Trump's next strategy should be.
1 posted on 10/05/2023 1:27:34 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Law of large numbers... Trumps lawyers will keep throwing stuff at the wall to see if anything sticks.


2 posted on 10/05/2023 1:30:46 PM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Appeal all the way up to the Supremes with an emergency appeal. They need to be forced to address this. If ever there were a case REQUIRING them to address it, it is this.


3 posted on 10/05/2023 1:31:37 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Chutkan needs to tread really lightly here.

The President of the United States just said he has a right to counteract fraud. If the hyper partisan biased frauds of the DC Circuit and their fellow travelers like “Smith” think they can override that and drag a President off in chains on flimsy “conspiracy” charges, they need only look at what is happening in the House to see how much more rope they have to go on these hail mary moves of theirs.


4 posted on 10/05/2023 1:32:27 PM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I can already hear the Dept. of Jesters practicing saying, “No way, Jose.”


5 posted on 10/05/2023 1:32:52 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Prosecutors say Trump may have broken the law admiring gun in South Carolina" ROTFLMAO!)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Anything that favors Trump simply won’t happen in the “justice” system


6 posted on 10/05/2023 1:34:35 PM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

This prosecution is both arbitrary and capricious, given that neither Hillary nor Algore (who was in Vietnam, and invented the Internet, in case no one knew) were ever prosecuted for challenging their respective losses.

Apparently, the only elections that can be challenged without fear of prosecution are the ones in which Republican candidates win.


7 posted on 10/05/2023 1:35:37 PM PDT by Ancesthntr (“The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.” ― A.E. Van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

If he is made Speaker, he just Subpoena’s Jack and the Judge to testify before Congress on the validity and legal meaning of the Presidential Immunity Act, then He JAILS THEM for CONTEMPT until the end of the Congressional Session


8 posted on 10/05/2023 1:35:39 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I’ll snap a picture of a monkey flying out my @$$ when that happens


9 posted on 10/05/2023 1:43:46 PM PDT by BigFreakinToad (Remember the Biden Kitchen Fire of 2004)
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...then He JAILS THEM for CONTEMPT until the end of the Congressional Session

Not going to happen. That's fantasy. But an interesting one!

10 posted on 10/05/2023 1:46:00 PM PDT by Fury
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To: Macho MAGA Man

He needs another motion to dismiss on the grounds that attorney/client confidentiality was violated.


11 posted on 10/05/2023 1:52:48 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: tired&retired

Yes


12 posted on 10/05/2023 1:55:34 PM PDT by frogjerk (More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
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To: Regulator

I believe the House runs D.C., so Trump could really complicate D.C., if being Speaker.


13 posted on 10/05/2023 2:02:10 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

It will be shot down absolutely. This is a kangaroo court run by domestic enemies of the USA


14 posted on 10/05/2023 2:18:52 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: MrRelevant

Why not? May as well have a bit of fun while “lawyering”.


15 posted on 10/05/2023 2:19:40 PM PDT by glennaro (Never give up ... never give in ... never surrender ... and enjoy every minute of doing so.)
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To: Ancesthntr

How about the Russia collusion coup attempt? They all knew Russia collusion was a hoax and for 3 years they used it in an attempt to remove the POTUS and his administration all organized by the career criminal who is above the law Hillary F. Clinton who to this day still refuses to take responsibility for losing 2016 because she refused to campaign just like Joe did.


16 posted on 10/05/2023 2:22:15 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: ConservativeMind

Lotta things he could do, but time will be short....DC problems are yet one more thing that Mr. Go Along to Get Along ignored.


17 posted on 10/05/2023 2:22:20 PM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: MrRelevant

That’s what desperate folks do. I would be sure Trump keeps up the monthly fee schedule. Or he will end up like Mike Lindell.


18 posted on 10/05/2023 2:24:16 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: wiseprince

“Anything that favors Trump simply won’t happen in the “justice” system”

Ditto. Trump can file all the motions in the world and it will be knocked down.


19 posted on 10/05/2023 2:42:45 PM PDT by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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To: DesertRhino

“Appeal all the way up to the Supremes with an emergency appeal.”

Will the Supreme Court rule he doesn’t have standing? One doesn’t know what a woman is.


20 posted on 10/05/2023 2:43:09 PM PDT by alternatives?
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