18 Attorneys General Argue Jack Smith Case Against Trump Is Partisan

The attorneys general filed an amicus brief suggesting the prosecution’s timing is meant to derail the former president’s reelection campaign.
18 Attorneys General Argue Jack Smith Case Against Trump Is Partisan
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump stands on stage during the 2024 NRB International Christian Media Convention Presidential Forum at The Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville on Feb. 22, 2024. 9Jon Cherry/Getty Images)
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Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall was joined by attorneys general of 17 other states in an amicus brief submitted to the Supreme Court, arguing that multiple partisan and politically motivated cases are going on against former President Donald Trump and that presidential immunity provides a necessary bulwark to any sitting or former president.

“Amici States represent broad swaths of the public, millions of Americans who are concerned by the prosecution’s zeal to try President Trump before the upcoming presidential election,” the attorneys, representing Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia, wrote.