According to former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Donald Trump's appeal to Judge Aileen Cannon that charges of obstructing justice brought by special counsel Jack Smith should be dismissed because he has presidential immunity is so deeply "flawed" it shouldn't even be considered.
Speaking with MSNBC host Katie Phang, the legal analyst pointed out it was another obvious ploy to delay his trial.
"He [Trump] also raised an interesting argument that he declassified the classified materials, with his mind, of course, the Jedi mind trick that he does," host Phang began, "and then he made them personal records, so he's able to take them wherever the hell he wanted to. Talk about that."
"Yeah, so this argument is flawed, it is deeply flawed," Vance replied. "For one thing at best, it would apply to the charges in the indictment that he took the documents from the White House with him. They don't have any force against the obstruction charges."
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"But they're more deeply flawed than that, to the extent that he suggests that he had the power to do this," she continued. "You know, you can't convert classified material into some sort of personal property of a president or something covered by the Presidential Records Act and this motion has only one purpose. It will come as no surprise to you, Katie. It is to delay the proceedings because in the hands of Judge Aileen Cannon, who's not shown a willingness to move quickly."
"She can sit on this motion for some period of time and it will likely be one of the nails in the coffin that removes this case from a trial track for May," she predicted.
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