Former President Donald Trump lost three major legal challenges this week, including his efforts to dismiss a racketeering case on First Amendment grounds.
Here is a look at the rulings in three separate cases this week in Georgia, Florida, and New York.Merchan said that Trump had plenty of opportunity before March to claim presidential immunity in the case. Trump asked Merchan to delay the trial until after the Supreme Court rules on his immunity claim, but the trial is slated to begin April 15, and the Supreme Court won’t hear arguments in the immunity case until April 25.
He has been charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, and has pleaded “not guilty,” to all counts.judge Scott McAfee on Thursday denied Trump’s claim that his public statements and efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election were protected under his right to free speech.
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