Attorneys for former President Trump on Monday formally asked a judge to toss Trump’s Georgia 2020 election criminal racketeering case on First Amendment grounds.
Steve Sadow, Trump’s lead Georgia attorney, had previewed such an argument at a recent court hearing.
On Monday, Sadow filed court papers insisting that the allegations involved “core political speech,” telling the judge the indictment must be dismissed ahead of trial.
“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,” wrote Sadow and Jennifer Little, Trump’s other Georgia attorney.
