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Trump claims he didn’t have ‘fair notice’ that Georgia actions could be illegal

The former president files several fresh motions to toss out Fulton County election interference charges

Attorneys for Donald Trump claim that the former president didn’t have “fair notice” that his attempts to reverse his Georgia loss in the 2020 presidential election could result in criminal charges against him.

A flurry of filings in Fulton County Superior Court on Monday argue that the sprawling election interference case against Mr Trump “consists entirely of core political speech at the zenith of First Amendment protections”.

Attorneys for the former president want the case dismissed on grounds that he has “presidential immunity” from actions while in office, that he was already acquitted for similar allegations in his second impeachment trial, and that he was never told that what he was doing in the state – where he is charged as part of an alleged racketeering scheme to unlawfully subvert the state’s election results – could be prosecuted.

nbafantest ,

I’m pretty certain we know his lawyers told him it was illegal

poprocks ,

I’m pretty sure a 5 yr old could have told him it’s illegal.

detalferous ,

How awesome would it be to have testimony to this effect

KneeTitts ,
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To be fair they likely told him after the call, I dont think any of them assumed he was just going to blurt out some insane crimes on a phone call like that

jeremyparker ,

Yeah but they told him when he wasn’t paying attention, so, that’s on them.

FlyingSquid ,
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Yeah, but he employed the presidential right of “nuh-uh” and did it anyway.

108 ,

with all this lack of knowledge it sounds like he shouldn’t be in office.

Twelve20two ,

But… But he said he knows more than the generals :(

st3ph3n ,

We’ve been told pretty much forever that ignorance of the law is no defense, so shut the fuck up, Donny.

PrefersAwkward ,
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“stfu Donny, you’re out of your element” … “life does not stop and start at your convenience you miserable piece of shit.”

LEDZeppelin ,

He is also claiming presidential immunity. That’s classic narcissistic prayer.

BeautifulMind ,
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“Can’t tell if obviously-criminal things are illegal”, and “still thinks he should be president” 🤡

medicsofanarchy ,
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Wait a minute, can this be considered a confession? “Yes, I did it, BUT…” ?

Uglyhead , (edited )
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Narcs Prayer (again):

That didn’t happen.

And if it did, it wasn’t that bad.

And if it was, that’s not a big deal.

And if it is, that’s not my fault. <——

And if it was, I didn’t mean it.

And if I did, you deserved it.

__

These are more of phases or stages of malignant NPD thinking. They can circle and circle and mix around again and again kind of like the ‘5 Stages of Grief’ can do.

PedroMaldonado ,

Goddammit. The environments going to shit, 3 people own everything and we’re STILL DEALING WITH THIS ASSHOLE! TRUMP IS A BOIL ON US ALL.

HawlSera ,

Imagine what’ll be like when he gets re-elected… God just, take me now.

unreasonabro ,

Ignorance of the law has always been my excuse, he says from jail

Got_Bent ,

I cannot count the number of times I’ve seen the phrase, “Ignorance of the law is not a defense.”

Yaglis ,

It is, if you’re rich

CileTheSane ,
@CileTheSane@lemmy.ca avatar

Or a cop.

Facebones ,

This one always riled me. I, as just some asshole, have to know every nuance of every bylaw -

But someone whose paid employment job is “da law” can just go “whoopsies beating that guy and taking his wallet was bad? uWu”

fine_sandy_bottom ,

It’s not a legal defense but in the court of “opinion of trump supporters” it’s sufficient.

I mean, how could he have known that trying to manipulate an election result might be illegal ?

RizzRustbolt ,

The “Chappelle’s White Friend” defense.

angelsomething ,

lol. He’s now trying the “officer, I didn’t know I couldn’t do that” defence.

ares35 ,
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"the 'really smart', 'very stable genius' is too fucking stupid to have committed a crime."
--defense team, tomorrow.

be_excellent_to_each_other ,
@be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social avatar

I immediately thought of this. 😁

https://youtu.be/Td67kYY9mdQ

SoupBrick ,

They are just dragging this out as long as humanly possible in hopes that trump will win the election. It is kinda sad seeing how incompetent the US court systems have become. I know this is a very sensitive case, but the violence they fear will occur should be treated as the terrorism it is. We shouldn’t have to worry about violent retribution from lead poisoned adults with guns if their god is not crowned king.

Kronusdark ,
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I’ve seen judges go off the handle for less stupidity.

BradleyUffner ,

Ahh, it’s the old “you never prosecuted me for anything before, you can’t start now” defense.

phoenixz ,

What do you mean I’m not allowed to walk into a bank with an assault rifle, start shooting around and demand all their money?

I’m innocent, nobody ever told me that was illegal!

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