A federal court in New York on Friday, in a procedural notice, flagged a deficiency in former President Donald Trump’s latest legal filing in which his attorneys sought to move his state criminal case to federal court ahead of sentencing next month.
Trump’s attorneys argued in a filing on Thursday that if kept in state court, the case could result in Trump’s incarceration before the 2024 presidential election. They asked the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to intervene ahead of sentencing in September.
The Republican presidential candidate’s legal team contends that the prosecution is unconstitutional and conflicts with a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity, which they argue should protect Trump from being tried for actions taken while in office….