Trump seeks pause in documents case after Supreme Court immunity ruling
The former president has argued that removing classified documents from the White House and allegedly designating them as personal items were "official acts."
Attorneys for Donald Trump on Friday asked the federal judge presiding over the former president's classified documents case to halt court proceedings and allow for consideration of how the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling impacts the criminal charges.
"The Court should stay all other proceedings in the case" while Trump presents his arguments for why the bulk of the case should be dismissed because of the recent Supreme Court decision, Trump's attorneys told U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon in their filing.
Trump filed his initial motion to dismiss the indictment on the grounds of presidential immunity in February, arguing the "charges stem directly from official acts by President Trump while in office."
"Specifically, President Trump is immune from prosecution on Counts 1 through 32 because the charges turn on his alleged decision to designate records as personal under the Presidential Records Act and to cause the records to be moved from the White House to Mar-a-Lago. As alleged in the Superseding Indictment, President Trump made this decision while he was still in office. The alleged decision was an official act, and as such is subject to presidential immunity," that filing said.
Trump was indicted on 40 counts. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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