Former President Trump\u2019s attorney John Lauro says there is no chance he will accept a plea deal in connection with the federal Jan. 6 case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After being charged with four federal counts related to Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election last week Trump’s attorney joined CBS News’ “Face The Nation” to discuss the case. Lauro told host\u00a0Major Garrett there was no condition where Trump would accept a plea deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When asked if he planned to file a motion to dismiss the case, Lauro said he \u201cabsolutely\u201d plans to, but did not reveal exact details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHundred percent. Well, within the time permitted,\u201d Lauro said. \u201cThis is what\u2019s called a Swiss cheese indictment. It has so many holes that we\u2019re going to be identifying and litigating a number of motions that we\u2019re going to file on First Amendment grounds, on the fact that\u00a0President Trump\u00a0is immune as president from being prosecuted in this way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lauro also said that cases similar to this case brought against Trump do not go to trial \u201cbefore two or three years.\u201d He also emphasized how he will be pushing to change the venue, saying West Virginia would be an \u201cexcellent venue to try this case<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, the problem with bringing a case like this in the middle of a campaign season is statements are going to be made in the context of a campaign,\u201d he said. \u201cWe expect a fair and just trial in the District of Columbia. And \u2014 and my role \u2014 my role is simply to ensure that President Trump\u2019s rights, just like every American\u2019s rights, are protected every step of the way, and I\u2019m going to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former President Trump\u2019s attorney John Lauro says there is no chance he will accept a plea deal in connection with the federal Jan. 6 case. After being charged with four federal counts related to Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election last week Trump’s attorney joined CBS News’ “Face The Nation” to discuss the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[58,8,772,256,533],"class_list":["post-4828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-2020-election","tag-donald-trump","tag-john-lauro","tag-politics","tag-trump-indictment"],"yoast_head":"\n