Former President of the United States Donald Trump suffered a double legal defeat this Thursday (4), with judges rejecting his requests to dismiss criminal charges against the politician in two cases: that of the attempt to reverse his 2020 defeat in Georgia and that deals with keeping confidential documents with you after leaving office.
Additionally, one of the Republican presidential candidate’s allies, former Justice Department attorney Jeffrey Clark, is in danger of losing his license after a panel concluded that he violated ethics rules in his attempt to use the agency to overturn Trump’s defeat. Trump.
Such lawsuits represent just a part of Trump’s legal problems, who has been criminally charged in four separate cases at a time when he is preparing to face the current president, Joe Biden, in the November 5 election.
With this, the first trial in history against a US president or former president will involve the politician and will begin on April 15, in New York.
Florida District Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday rejected Trump’s argument in the case in which he is accused of keeping classified documents. The former president claimed that the paperwork was personal and was not government property.
Prosecutors in the case, brought by special prosecutor Jack Smith, said the documents found were related to military and intelligence matters, including details about the US nuclear program, and that such matters could not be considered personal.
Earlier, this Thursday (4), Judge Scott McAfee, from Georgia, rejected Trump’s attempt to get rid of the criminal case in which he is accused of interfering in the 2020 election in the state, which according to Trump violated his right to freedom of speech expression.
