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Former President Donald Trump asks judge dismissal of Jan.6 Capitol riot indictment, claiming presidential immunity...
Former President Donald Trump is seeking to dismiss his indictment related to the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, arguing that he has presidential immunity for his official acts, according to new court documents.P)..
Trumps lawyers filed a 46-page motion on Thursday asking US District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington, DC, to drop the four-count indictment with prejudice, citing constitutional provisions and federal court precedents..
The motion claims that Trump is entitled to absolute immunity for acts within the outer perimeter of [the Presidents] official responsibility, quoting from a previous Supreme Court case..
Because the Constitution specifies that only the Party convicted by trial in the Senate may be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, id., it presupposes that a President who is not convicted may not be subject to criminal prosecution, they said..
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