Former President Donald Trump said his lawyers warned federal prosecutors Thursday that another round of criminal charges against him would be unjustified and would destroy an already divided nation.
could also face state charges in Georgia for his role in trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election.attempted to overturn the election results in the Peach State. Ms. Willis said to expect an August announcement on whether she plans to charge the former president.scoffed at a news report that the former president’s lawyers were told during the meeting to expect an indictment.TrumpAndrew Leipold, a law professor at the University of Illinois who served on special counsel Kenneth W.
“It’s an opportunity to try to resolve the situation without an indictment, but the likelihood of defense attorneys talking prosecutors out of an indictment is pretty small,” he said.confirmed last week that he received a letter from the Justice Department that identified him as a target of the grand jury probe. He said that he anticipated “an arrest and indictment” after receiving the target letter.
“Ignorance of the law is not a defense. The fact that your lawyer told you to do something illegal may give you a cause of action against your lawyer but it doesn’t give you a defense against criminal charges,” Mr. Leipold said.is blaming his attorneys because that will resonate better in the court of public opinion than it would in federal court as he continues his campaign for the presidency.
“It’s an argument with a great intuitive appeal. He’s floating out the idea that the law is complicated and he’s not a lawyer but was doing what his lawyers told him to do and they were wrong,” Mr. Leipold said. “It’s not a legal defense, but it will resonate with the general public.
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