An attorney for former president Donald Trump said on Sunday that he will argue that Trump’s failed attempt to cling to power after the 2020 election was “aspirational” and not criminal.
of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia should recuse herself from the case, calling for the trial to be moved because voters in the District went heavily for Biden in 2020.
Other Jan. 6 defendants have asked for venue changes away from the District. None have been successful. According to Lauro, Trump pressed his case on the advice of counsel, particularly John Eastman, who crafted a legal strategy that involved creating slates of pro-Trump electors in states that Joe Biden won. Eastman’s lawyer has confirmed that he is one of the“Mr. Trump is not a lawyer. Let’s understand that. He’s a political leader and a businessman,” Lauro said on ABC’s “This Week.” “What Mr. Eastman was saying, as an attorney, is that there is a constitutional pathway to making this ask.
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