Trump seeks dismissal of Georgia criminal case, citing immunity and double jeopardy
CBSN
In a trio of motions filed Monday, former President Donald Trump asked a Georgia judge to throw out felony racketeering charges against him, saying the criminal election subversion case violated presidential immunity, double jeopardy and due process protections.
Trump has frequently cited presidential immunity in his efforts to thwart criminal and civil cases against him. On Tuesday, he is expected to attend a federal appeals court hearing in Washington, D.C., stemming from a similar presidential immunity claim in a separate criminal case, in which he is also charged for his actions following his 2020 election loss.
One of the filings in Georgia — where he is accused of conspiring with others to illegally have himself declared the state's winner in 2020 — closely mirrors the presidential immunity claim he's argued in the D.C. case.
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