Lawyers for former president Donald Trump
Donald Trump Dominion spokesman: Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow, begs to be sued MORE argued in a new statement on Monday that the Senate should quickly dismiss the indictment filed against him when its trial begins this week.
The 78-page document comes down to a more detailed version of the arguments presented by David Schoen and Bruce Castor, who represent the former president in the Senate, in a documentation last week.
The two argue that Trump’s trial after the presidency is unconstitutional, and that even if senators disagree, Trump’s speech before the January 6 riots at the Capitol was protected by the first amendment and not the threshold of a unchallenged offense.
Trump’s lawyers accused the Democrats of trying to silence a political opponent and a minority party by ‘shameless political action’, while arguing that the second indictment against the former president did not give him the necessary process. not.
“The indictment filed by the House is unconstitutional for several reasons, any of which would be the immediate dismissal,” the lawyers wrote. “Together, they certainly demonstrate that the hunger of House Democrats for this political theater is a danger to our democracy in the Republic and the rights we hold dear.”
The contours of Trump’s trial are expected to be determined on Monday, with details of time spent on each side to argue and whether there will be witnesses. Senators in both parties have indicated that they expect the trial to end relatively quickly, as Trump’s acquittal appears to be a foregone conclusion.
A total of five GOP senators indicated last month that they feel Trump’s trial is unconstitutional, something even many Republican legal experts have disputed. But the vote made it clear that the 17 GOP votes would probably not be necessary to convict Trump.
The House charged the former president last month with inciting violence against the government over his role in the January 6 riot at the Capitol, which also claimed the life of a police officer.
Trump has spent weeks falsely claiming that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him, even though the courts have rejected his allegations of voter fraud. On January 6, the president called on his supporters to march to the Capitol to stop the confirmation of votes Joe Biden
Joe Biden How Biden’s Student Loan Policy is Equipped for the Benefit of Government and Nonprofit Workers, Biden sends America back to a more civilized government. Ready to take off: three simple guidelines for flying after vaccination MORE as the next president. A crowd overwhelmed law enforcement and briefly stormed the Capitol.
Trump’s attorneys argued in their initial lawsuit filed last week that Trump is constitutionally disqualified from prosecuting because he is no longer in office. They added that even if senators would find the proceedings constitutional, his comments would be protected under the first amendment. In the statement, attorneys indicated that Trump still believes the election was stolen.
Democratic indictments are expected to rule that Trump was “separately responsible” for the January 6 attack on the Capitol with his rhetoric. in the future as a measure of liability for his actions.