"Trump Seeks Dismissal of Mar-a-Lago Classified Documents Case Over Presidential Immunity"

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Former President Donald Trump is seeking to dismiss his classified documents case in Florida, citing presidential immunity as the basis for his request. His attorneys argue that Trump's alleged designation of records as personal and their removal from the White House were official acts protected by immunity. Trump also filed motions challenging the charges on the grounds of statute vagueness, special counsel appointments' constitutionality, and the Presidential Records Act. Co-defendants in the case have also pleaded not guilty, and a federal appeals court previously rejected a similar immunity argument from Trump in a separate case.
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