Trump cites presidential immunity in request to dismiss classified docs case

• The U.S. Supreme Court may address Trump's immunity argument and reconsider the appellate court ruling if the high court accepts an appeal he filed of the decision, which stems from his federal 2020 election subversion case.

Driving the news: In motions filed in the Florida case, Trump's team argued in part that the former president was immune from the classified documents charges because he was acting in his official duties as president.

• "President Trump's alleged decision to designate records as personal under the PRA and cause them to be removed from the White House ... was an official act by the incumbent president," Trump's lawyers wrote.
• The former president's lawyers also challenged the decision to appoint special counsel Jack Smith to oversee the case.

The big picture: Trump pleaded not guilty last year to 40 charges he faces in the case. Those include the willful retention of national defense information and conspiracy to obstruct justice.

• His lawyers have lodged requests to dismiss charges in his other cases, including his Georgia 2020 election case and his federal 2020 election subversion case. Those efforts have so far been unsuccessful.

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