Trump Urges Judge To ‘Reject Lawfare Overreach’ by Jack Smith and Dismiss January 6 Charges That Could Put the 45th President in Prison for 20 Years

Government erred, Trump insists, in using the Sarbanes-Oxley law relating to financial fraud to charge the former president for actions on January 6.

AP/Evan Vucci, file
President Trump at Washington, January 6, 2021. AP/Evan Vucci, file

President Trump’s motion for Judge Tanya Chutkan to dismiss two of the four charges handed up against him in respect of January 6 could further stymie Special Counsel Jack Smith’s push to convict the 45th president for election interference — and put him behind bars for two decades. 

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