Trump pushes to overturn legal case tied to 2020 election loss | World News
Former US President Donald Trump has asked a federal judge to dismiss two key charges related to his alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 election results. Trump’s legal team claims that a recent Supreme Court ruling sets a higher standard for such charges, and they argue this should result in the charges being dropped. These charges are part of a case accusing Trump of trying to stop the certification of his loss to Joe Biden on January 6, 2021. His lawyers argue that, based on the Supreme Court’s June decision, prosecutors cannot prove that Trump intentionally disrupted the certification process. The Supreme Court case involved a defendant charged in the January 6 Capitol riot. The ruling stated that obstruction charges must show an attempt to affect the “availability or integrity” of official documents or records. Along with the two obstruction charges, Trump is also trying to get the other charges against him dismissed. The indictment accuses him of a larger conspiracy to prevent his election loss from being officially confirmed. Trump has pleaded not guilty …