Going for broke…..
Donald Trump is trying to ride the immunity defense against the Manhattan DA’s criminal fraud case due to start in two weeks….
Former President Trump is seeking to derail the start of his first criminal trial just two weeks out from when it is scheduled to begin, asserting a presidential immunity defense in the case for the first time.
In court documents filed Monday, Trump’s lawyers said prosecutors have suggested they will introduce at trial “several types of evidence that implicate the concept of official acts for purposes of presidential immunity.” …
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Unlike his other criminal cases, Trump did not argue that presidential immunity requires his hush money charges be tossed. Rather, Trump said it precludes prosecutors from introducing certain evidence at the upcoming trial.
Scheduled to begin on March 25, the trial is set to mark the first of any of Trump’s criminal cases. It remains unclear if any of his other criminal prosecutions will reach a jury before Election Day, and Trump’s new motions appear aimed at delaying the hush money trial, too. …