President-elect Donald Trump's legal team filed a request to dismiss the Georgia indictment that accused him of attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election. On Wednesday, Trump's attorney, Steven Sadow, contended that the state-level case should be thrown out over a "lack of jurisdiction," arguing that "a sitting president is completely immune from indictment or any criminal process, state or federal." Moving forward with sentencing ... would be 'uniquely destabilizing' for the country. Sadow pointed out that the Department of Justice filed motions to dismiss both federal indictments against Trump...
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