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Trump’s lawyers look to get charges tossed in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case
NBC News ^ | 2/7/2024 | Daniel Barnes and Rebecca Shabad

Posted on 02/09/2024 11:42:11 AM PST by Signalman

WASHINGTON — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump said in a filing Tuesday night that they plan to file multiple motions to dismiss the criminal charges against him in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case.

“Defendants currently plan to file on February 22, at minimum, a series of motions to dismiss the Superseding Indictment and certain of the charges therein,” Todd Blanche and Christopher Kise wrote in the newly filed motion, which seeks to extend certain deadlines in the case. The superseding indictment alleges Trump was involved in a scheme to delete security video at Mar-a-Lago, his estate in Palm Beach, Florida.

Trump's legal team added that the defense is "still evaluating potential motions" and that they could relate to presidential immunity, the Presidential Records Act, Trump's security clearances and "selective and vindictive prosecution," among other issues.

Trump’s defense team and prosecutors from special counsel Jack Smith's office have until Feb. 22 to file pretrial motions.

Trump’s lawyers argue in Wednesday’s filing that they should be allowed to file additional motions beyond the deadline based on any additional evidence they receive from the prosecution.

Trump’s team has filed several motions with U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who's overseeing the case in Florida, seeking orders to compel evidence it claims is in the government’s possession.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: classifieddocuments; maralago
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Two-tier justice system.
1 posted on 02/09/2024 11:42:11 AM PST by Signalman
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To: Signalman

They better be...


2 posted on 02/09/2024 11:42:51 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Signalman

Good luck with that!


3 posted on 02/09/2024 11:49:15 AM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: Signalman

Good luck with that!


4 posted on 02/09/2024 11:49:31 AM PST by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: Signalman

Clearly they won’t be able to get Trump’s charges tossed for a very simple reason: Biden “meant no harm.” Trump “meant harm.”

This is obvious. Don’t even ask how I know it.


5 posted on 02/09/2024 12:01:03 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Signalman

It’s just the same as “Black people cannot be racist.”

That’s also obvious, and if you ask for an explanation, you’re a racist.


6 posted on 02/09/2024 12:02:12 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Signalman
Trump did hide files his previous lawyers
Stated in writing they would hand over to the DOJ lawyers and had aside to hand over .
Trump had the aide aka former WH cook
hide those files .
Now those former trump lawyers
will testify against Trump the Doj . Guilty there . By the way Trump tried to get FL taxpayers PAY 5 Million of his lawsuit bills. .
Desantis stop Trump .
The Dems will use trump outrageous sneaky move in 24 ads .
7 posted on 02/09/2024 12:08:01 PM PST by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil )
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To: Steely Tom

>Clearly they won’t be able to get Trump’s charges tossed for a very simple reason: Biden “meant no harm.” Trump “meant harm.”

Yeah, the claim that Trump “wasn’t forthcoming” is completely speculative. NARA waited until 2022 to do anything. Then they met with the lawyers, that allowed the FBI access. They did nothing.

Then, the FBI raided him and expelled any witnesses and took his passport.

The only reason they’re so pissed is that the Crossfire Hurricane docs probably weren’t there and they can’t find them.


8 posted on 02/09/2024 12:14:47 PM PST by struggle
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To: Signalman

Willful retention has nothing to do with Section 1, subsection e) of the Espionage Act. Biden is clearly in violation.

e) whoever, being entrusted with or having lawful possession or control of any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blue print, plan, map, model, note, or information, relating to the national defence, through gross negligence permits the same to be removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of his trust, or to be list, stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.


9 posted on 02/09/2024 12:22:57 PM PST by XRdsRev (Justice for Bernell Trammell, Trump supporter, murdered in 2020)
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To: Signalman

https://babylonbee.com/news/4d-chess-trump-forces-judge-to-grant-full-immunity-after-he-speaks-gibberish-and-shakes-hands-with-air


10 posted on 02/09/2024 12:30:34 PM PST by Brown Deer
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To: Signalman
Just to poke liberals in the eye, President Trump should cite Section 1 of the 14th amendment, demanding "equal protection of the laws" be given to him.

-PJ

11 posted on 02/09/2024 12:35:46 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Signalman

Next campaign event Trump should stumble on stage wearing a bathrobe and slippers, announce he just spoke with France’s President Mitterrand. Then he should look at the audience and announce, “guess that takes care of the DOJ investigations”.


12 posted on 02/09/2024 12:39:30 PM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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To: Lockbox

Dropped, WITH PREJUDICE.


13 posted on 02/09/2024 12:42:42 PM PST by Mouton (150MTs in the right location will not solve our problems now.)
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To: Signalman

I’d be all over that Hur report...FJB never had the power to declassify anything yet there he was with half the confidential archive catching the drippings from his corvette.

And he’s too old to charge with those crimes...

[spit]


14 posted on 02/09/2024 12:49:40 PM PST by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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To: Signalman
Two things...Trump was President...and they were secured and as far as I'm concerned, any documents he took should be considered "declassified" for at least himself.

Hell...Hillary had hers on the web (emails)....and her attorneys erased thousands and thousands of them.

15 posted on 02/09/2024 12:55:43 PM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Signalman

If Trump just acts like a vegetable, a kind old man with no brain, DOJ will drop the charges.


16 posted on 02/09/2024 1:20:54 PM PST by lurk (u)
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To: ncalburt

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17 posted on 02/09/2024 1:23:28 PM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal! )
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To: Signalman

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18 posted on 02/09/2024 1:29:05 PM PST by sauropod (The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
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To: MotorCityBuck

LOL!!!


19 posted on 02/09/2024 1:37:33 PM PST by Enterprise ( )
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To: Enterprise
There Sooo easy.

Enjoy the weekend :)

20 posted on 02/09/2024 1:40:47 PM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal! )
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