ATLANTA — President-elect Donald Trump and his attorneys have filed a motion with the Georgia Court of Appeals to dismiss his case in Fulton County citing a “lack of jurisdiction.”
Trump’s attorney Steve Sadow submitted the paperwork on Wednesday.
“President Trump has filed a motion requesting the Georgia Court of Appeals confirm its lack of jurisdiction to continue hearing his appeal now that he is President-Elect and will soon become the 47th President of the United States, and then direct the trial court to immediately dismiss the case. The filing states that any ongoing criminal proceeding against a sitting president must be dismissed under the U.S. Constitution. The two federal criminal cases have already been dismissed by the DOJ.”
Trump and his attorneys cite presidential immunity and says a sitting president is “completely immune from indictment or any criminal process, state or federal.”
The motion asks the court to consider Trump’s case before he is sworn into office next month.
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Trump’s case in Fulton County was on hold. Last month, the Georgia Court of Appeals abruptly canceled a scheduled hearing in the election interference case.
Trump and the others defendants’ attorneys wanted Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis disqualified from the criminal case.
There is currently no word on when or if that hearing will be rescheduled.
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