Trump’s lawyer: the case of keeping classified documents should be closed

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, one of Donald Trump’s defense lawyers stated the former president’s criminal case regarding the storage of classified documents in the villa After leaving the White House, his person should be terminated because the prosecutor is very independent.

These statements come while Trump always considers this accusation to be a political conspiracy by Joe Biden against him.

At a hearing in federal court in Florida, Trump’s lawyer Emil Baugh pressured Judge Eileen Cannon to declare the case closed because special counsel Jack Smith is subject to restrictions. which other federal investigators are facing.

he clarified Jack Smith does not have a superior authority to act on the basis of sufficient review authority for his decisions.

Emil Baugh questioned Smith’s legal authority and said Congress should approve an investigation at his level of independence.

Also, this judge postponed the date of Trump’s trial for this charge until July 22nd. appointed as a pre-trial hearing.

While Trump has not yet pleaded guilty to any of the 40 charges related to keeping sensitive national security documents in his personal villa in Florida after leaving the White House in 2021, and has been found not guilty of obstructing government efforts to recover them.

Donald Trump’s lawyers also stated that the trial on the charge of keeping classified documents should not be held until after the 2024 presidential election, but at the same time, the date They presented August 12 as a proposed date for hearing this case to Judge Cannon.

Earlier, Trump appeared in a federal court in Florida and asked Judge Cannon to Kafiri to delay the hearing of the charges regarding his possession of classified documents after leaving the White House until he is in the middle of the election campaign.

In this Now the federal prosecutors said that this trial should be held on July 8, which is only a few weeks before the presidential election in November.

while Trump previously demanded All 4 criminal cases were postponed so that he could focus on his election activities. /span>

In another case, on Thursday, 30 months In May, after months of wrangling, a jury in Manhattan, New York finally found former US President and 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump guilty of paying hush money to an actor in pornographic films before the 2016 election and keeping the financial statements secret. .

According to AFP, 12 members of the jury, after a day of deliberation, found him guilty in all 34 cases of falsifying financial records, and the court judge also will read the final verdict on July 11, and Trump may be sentenced to a financial fine, suspended sentence, or even prison.

However, this ruling is final It is not, and Trump’s lawyers will try to invalidate the verdict in the appeals court, and this process may last for months.

But Trump did not do anything wrong in this He rejects the cases and considers these accusations to be only politically motivated and with the aim of removing him from the 2024 election contest.

If Trump is again president If elected, he can apply for a pardon for any federal charges against him.

However, the latest poll by Reuters/Ipsos Center shows that 41 percent Of the voters, if the elections were held today, they would vote for Trump, and 39 percent said that Biden would be their choice. And with five months to go until the November election, a significant portion of voters are still undecided about their preferred candidate. A section that can have a significant impact on election results.

In early March, Joe Biden and Donald Trump won the Democratic and Republican nominations for the election. became the 2024 American presidency so that the first confrontation between two electoral candidates in the last 70 years will take place in the history of this country.

US presidential election on November 5, 2024 will be held.

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