Trump moves to dismiss DC case based on....Presidential immunity 😂

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

Here's the motion

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.74.0.pdf

[Recycle_Guru]

1. Motion denied--now get your shit together and prepare a defense

[CincyDem]

2. "But when the president does it, that means it's not illegal".. hmmm...who said that first???

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How’d that work out for him?

[rsdsharp]

3. Judge Chutkan needs to get a rubber stamp made:

DENIED!
Next?

[EndlessWire]

4. TY for the link.

No matter what they do, they can't make Trump's actions fall within the "outer perimeter" of his immunity. They keep trying, but inciting an insurrection is not privileged.

This case overlaps with the Georgia case. Calling up Brad and threatening to hold him criminally accountable for not "finding" enough extra votes for Trump to win is not part of Trump's job description. That's campaigning, and it is not within the "outer perimeter" of his duties.

It is interesting how they just want to argue that whatever criminal activities a President does, that person is immune from prosecution because of the office. I wonder who told Trump that.

This is just more magical thinking by Trump et al. I wonder why they didn't use a Motion To Strike instead of a Motion To Dismiss. Guess it's all or nothing.

[jmowreader]

5. Response to this filing

On June 19, 2022, Mr. Trump's Director of Strategic Communications, Alyssa Farah Griffin, reported on CNN's program "State of the Union" that at some point between Election Day 2020 and the beginning of the post-election transition process Mr. Trump had yelled out, in response to seeing President-Elect Biden appearing on television, "Can you believe I lost to this guy?"

Because then-President Trump was fully aware that he had in fact lost the election, any actions he took to attempt to remain in office were performed outside the scope of his official duties and, therefore, were not covered by any grant of presidential immunity.

Further, some of his actions - such as pressuring the then-Vice President to ignore the will of the people and in organizing a mob to attack the Capitol in an attempt to justify a declaration of martial law - could in no way be viewed as an official duty of a president.

Motion denied.