Former President Donald Trump’s legal team on Monday asked a judge to dismiss the case against him brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over his efforts to challenge the 2020 presidential election results in the state.
Willis indicted Trump and 18 others in August on alleged violations of the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act Act.
Trump also faces conspiracy and solicitation charges to which he has pleaded not guilty.
Trump attorneys Steve Sadow and Jennifer Little on Monday filed a motion to dismiss, arguing”the First Amendment, in affording the broadest protection to political speech and discussion regarding governmental affairs, not only embraces but encourages exactly the kind of behavior under attack in this Indictment.”
“The Fulton County prosecutors have not identified any non-speech or non-advocacy conduct in the allegations against President Trump… An examination of the indictment reveals why: none of the allegations relate to any non-speech or non-advocacy conduct,” they went on.