A lawyer for Donald Trump said on Friday that the former U.S. president should not face trial on charges that he sought to overturn the 2020 election results in the state of Georgia if he wins the election next year.

The remarks by the lawyer, Steven Sadow, came as the judge overseeing the case wrestled with how to set a trial date given Trump’s other legal entanglements and the looming campaign next year. Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic President Joe Biden in the 2024 election.

Sadow said that if Trump wins the election, he would seek to postpone the trial until after he left office, arguing that it would interfere with his responsibilities as president.

Trump, who faces four simultaneous state and federal criminal prosecutions, has repeatedly sought to delay the cases against him until after the Nov. 5, 2024, election. Sadow’s remarks show how Trump could use his campaign and a possible second four-year term in office to delay those cases, even in state courts where he would be unable to pardon himself and would not have control over the prosecutions.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
    35·
    1 year ago

    We already know running for president is not a protection.

    Anyone who is confused by that needs to look at 1988 and Lyndon Larouche.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaRouche_criminal_trials

    He had a grand jury indictment, arrest, and trial while he was running for President, the conviction hitting one month after the election.

    If the argument is “well, you can’t be tried while campaigning” that would block perennial candidates, who are ALWAYS running, would never fall under prosecution.