Trump attempts to have entire Jan. 6 case dismissed

Oct 24, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -66% Very Liberal

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

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"Trump's new legal arguments rest on the claim that criminalizing his post-election behavior would similarly criminalize ordinary political advocacy like lobbying or protest, writes Politico's Kyle Cheney."
Negative
-60% Liberal
"Former US President and 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the New England Sports Center in Derry, New Hampshire, October 23, 2023."
Positive
12% Conservative
"Trump's federal trial in Washington, overseen by U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan, is scheduled to begin on March 4, 2024, as the first of his four felony cases to go to trial."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"In a separate Monday filing, Trump's attorneys respond by describing the former president as one voice among countless millions, whose opinions caot be held responsible for deceiving millions of others about the integrity of the election."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"To assert that President Trump, as one voice among countless millions, was somehow capable of unilaterally 'tricking' or 'deceiving' these individuals, who include some of the most informed politicians on the planet, simply by advocating his opinions on this contentious issue, is beyond absurd."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Trump's defense team literally wants the court to order Jan 6 references be stricken from the indictment, tweeted CBS congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane, quoting the defense argument that because Jan. 6 is a high-profile issue on which the public has high awareness and strong opinions, including any reference to that event would be prejudicial and inflammatory."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Because the Government has not charged President Trump with responsibility for the actions at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, allegations related to these actions are not relevant and are prejudicial and inflammatory."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"(JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)Donald Trump is seeking to have the election subversion charges against him dismissed from the indictment filed against him by special counsel Jack Smith in Washington."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Trump has been accused of conspiring to obstruct the certification of the 2020 election, conspiring to deprive Americans of a fair election process and conspiring to defraud government officials administering the election, actions which Smith and his team of prosecutors argue subsequently led to the Capitol insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Smith's indictment charges that Trump was the leading force in concocting falsehoods about widespread vote fraud in the 2020 presidential election."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"In a series of late-night dismissal motions, the former president's lawyers asserted that Smith's case does not explain how Trump committed the alleged crimes enumerated in the indictment."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"Therefore, the Court should strike these allegations from the Indictment, wrote Trump attorneys Todd Blanche, John Lauro, Emil Bove and Gregory Singer."
Negative
-38% Liberal
"The former president's lawyers cited a newly released opinion by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to contend that Trump could not be accused of 'corruptly' attempting to interfere with Congress' Electoral College proceedings on Jan. 6, 2021 if Trump's efforts were construed as a legitimate form of political advocacy."
Negative
-48% Liberal
"The former president's lawyers cited a newly released opinion by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to contend that Trump could not be accused of 'corruptly' attempting to interfere with Congress' Electoral College proceedings on Jan. 6, 2021 if Trump's efforts were construed as a legitimate form of political advocacy."
Negative
-48% Liberal
"In these new court filings, Trump's lawyers contend that the case criminalizes Trump's political speech and advocacy, thereby violating his First Amendment rights."
Negative
-58% Liberal
"In these new court filings, Trump's lawyers contend that the case criminalizes Trump's political speech and advocacy, thereby violating his First Amendment rights."
Negative
-58% Liberal
"Trump's new legal arguments rest on the claim that criminalizing his post-election behavior would similarly criminalize ordinary political advocacy like lobbying or protest, writes Politico's Kyle Cheney."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"The motions also argue that Trump has been politically targeted by the Biden administration and that the coection between the indictment and the Capitol riots is not tenable because Trump has not charged with inciting the attacks, as the Washington Post notes."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"The motions also argue that Trump has been politically targeted by the Biden administration and that the coection between the indictment and the Capitol riots is not tenable because Trump has not charged with inciting the attacks, as the Washington Post notes."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"The motions also argue that Trump has been politically targeted by the Biden administration and that the coection between the indictment and the Capitol riots is not tenable because Trump has not charged with inciting the attacks, as the Washington Post notes."
Negative
-28% Liberal

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20% : Trump's new legal arguments rest on the "claim that criminalizing his post-election behavior would similarly criminalize ordinary political advocacy like lobbying or protest," writes Politico's Kyle Cheney.

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