Trump Urges Georgia Court to Order Dismissal of Election Case

Donald Trump’s lawyer in Georgia urged an appeals court to dismiss the criminal case against the president-elect, arguing he will be “completely immune” from prosecution when he returns to the White House.

The US Constitution’s supremacy clause prevents state prosecutors from “proceeding against the sitting president in any way,” attorney Steve Sadow said in a filing with the Georgia Court of Appeals Wednesday. Sadow urged the judges, who are already reviewing whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be removed from the case, to rule well before Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration.

Trump has been moving to dispose of ...