While attempting to have the case involving the classified documents dismissed, former President Donald Trump has maintained that Special Counsel Jack Smith was appointed improperly.
On Thursday, Trump’s attorneys submitted several motions seeking the dismissal of the federal case. In response to accusations that he unlawfully kept classified materials after leaving office in January 2021 and thwarted efforts by the federal government to obtain them, the former president entered a not-guilty plea to 40 charges.
The contested claim that Trump can invoke absolute immunity is one of the arguments made by his attorneys. Additionally, Trump’s legal team argues that since he designated the materials as his records during his presidency, the Presidential Records Act permits him to retain them after leaving the White House.
