Trump’s legal squad is making a unexpected move in the hush money case.
They’re claiming that the tweets prosecutors used against him in the hush money trial should’ve been shielded by immunity.
Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche stated that the Supreme Court recognizes that a president’s tweets are protected.
Why?
Because they are part of his official duty to weigh in on public matters.
Conclusion: Trump’s Twitter rants should be untouchable.
How will the dems try to worm out of this one?
Washington Examiner reports:
President Donald Trump‘s lawyers say the tweets prosecutors cited as evidence during his criminal hush money trial were covered by immunity protections, one of several points say should reverse his conviction.
Trump attorney Todd Blanche argued that the Manhattan district attorney’s efforts to “rebut any presumptive immunity are deeply flawed,” arguing that the Supreme Court has recognized that a president’s posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, are “pursuant to his official authority to comment on matters of public concern.”
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, an elected Democrat, claims his team of prosecutors did not violate the presidential immunity doctrine by offering as evidence tweets Trump made during his four years as president. That’s because prosecutors believe they “admitted nothing more