Plan to skirt conviction in NY: blame his lawyers [View all]
Jeremy Childs
Tue, 12 March 2024 at 6:21 pm GMT-4
... In a court filing publicly released Tuesday, Trumps attorneys filed notice of their plans to use an advice of counsel argument, of sorts, claiming that Trump did not think he was committing a crime because his lawyers were part of the ordeal.
President Trump intends to elicit evidence concerning the presence, involvement and advice of lawyers in relevant events giving rise to the charges in the Indictment, the filing said.
The filing goes on to argue that President Trump lacked the requisite intent to commit the conduct charged in the indictment ...
The implications of Trump using the advice of counsel argument extends beyond strategy for the defense; for Braggs prosecution team, it could allow them to view privileged attorney-client communications. Trumps attorneys anticipated this development, writing that this is not a formal advice-of-counsel defense, but it will be up to Judge Juan Meacham to decide whether that holds true ...
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