Donald Trump’s lawyers pointed to an unlikely figure when they demanded that a judge dismiss the newly elected president’s criminal case in New York: Hunter Biden.
Trump’s lawyers said in a lawsuit made public Tuesday that it belongs to President Biden controversial pardon of his son echoed Trump’s complaints about the persecution.
“Yesterday, in granting Hunter Biden a 10-year pardon covering all crimes, both charged and uncharged, President Biden claimed that his son was ‘selectively and unfairly prosecuted’ and ‘treated differently,’” they wrote. before claiming Trump was treated similarly.
In the filing, filed Monday evening, they formally demanded that a New York judge throw out the presidential candidate. criminal case and invalidate a unanimous jury conclusion that Trump has committed dozens of crimes.
Their argument concerned the quality of the case against Trump, but largely focused on an entirely unique argument in the history of the American legal system. Trump’s lawyers said his conviction in state court should not be upheld, citing the sole reason that he was elected president after his conviction.
Prosecutors for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg have pledged to oppose the dismissal motion and have been given a week’s deadline to file their response. They prosecuted the case amid a barrage of public threats of retaliation from Trump’s allies and anonymous threats of violence from his supporters.
Trump’s lawyers argued in their filing that the Constitution requires the dismissal of the case even if it has already progressed through the trial because ongoing proceedings threaten to distract Trump’s attention from the presidency.
