Former President Donald Trump urged a federal judge on Thursday to dismiss his case involving classified documents in Florida on the basis of presidential immunity.
“President Trump’s alleged decision to treat the records as private under the PRA and cause them to be removed from the White House — the basis of Counts 1 through 32 of the Superseding Indictment — was an official act of the current president,” the former president’s lawyers wrote. In court documents filed in federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida.
They argued that because the decision was an official action taken while Trump was still in office, it was subject to presidential immunity.
A spokesman for Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office did not immediately respond to NBC News’ request for comment Thursday night.