A pre-Christmas legal move by Donald Trump’s lawyers asking a federal appeals court to throw out the election subversion case against him was described as “ridiculous” by a Florida state attorney.
The state attorney, Dave Aronberg, argued that the filing was “absolutely ridiculous” and that the courts would not appreciate the arguments from Trump’s lawyers because “judges are not going to want to be dictated to by a former president”.
The lawyers argued that a president’s acts are not examinable by a judicial branch and that Trump was not being charged for official acts but for allegedly criminal acts.
However, Aronberg countered that Trump was not being charged for official acts but for criminal acts, emphasizing the difference between the two.
He also noted that Trump was not being charged for official acts in any of the cases he faced.
