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Trump’s lawyer and judge in federal
election case clash in the first hearing
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Posted By: Imright, 9/5/2024 3:03:30 PM

Washington— In the first court hearing in nearly a year, a lawyer for Donald Trump clashed on Thursday with the judge in the federal election interference prosecution of the former president after suggesting the government was rushing forward with an “illegitimate” indictment at the height of the White House campaign. Prosecutors and defense lawyers are bitterly at odds over the next steps in the case after the Supreme Court narrowed the scope of the prosecution by ruling that former presidents are entitled to broad immunity from criminal charges. The dueling proposals and testy courtroom exchanges reflected the extent to which the justices’ July opinion had upended the path of the case

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Reply 1 - Posted by: JimBob 9/5/2024 8:43:59 PM (No. 1791033)
Not mentioned until the last paragraphs, Jack Smith's appointment did not comply with the requirements in the Constitution. He has no more 'standing' to file charges against Trump than I do. What the charges are, is irrelevant.
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