"Trump's Legal Battle: Presidential Immunity in Classified Documents Case"

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Source: The Guardian US
"Trump's Legal Battle: Presidential Immunity in Classified Documents Case"
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Donald Trump's legal team is seeking to dismiss the indictment charging him with retaining classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago club by arguing for presidential immunity, claiming that he designated the documents as personal records while he was president. This move is part of Trump's overarching legal strategy to seek delay in his criminal cases, with the hope of winning a second presidency that would allow him to potentially drop the charges or issue himself a self-pardon. The immunity claim, which is also being made in a separate case in Washington, could potentially delay his trials and force the US supreme court to take up the case for uniformity on the law.

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