肯尼斯·切塞布罗的律师周二提交了一份动议，要求驳回在佐治亚州对他的指控选举干预案他辩称，他的行为是“正当的”，因为他是在为特朗普竞选“以律师的身份”行事。
“切塞布罗先生是宪法专家，他以律师的身份研究和寻找先例，以形成法律意见，然后提供给他的客户特朗普竞选团队，”该动议说。
切塞布罗和包括前总统唐纳德·特朗普在内的其他18人在一次庭审中对所有指控不认罪全面的敲诈勒索起诉涉嫌试图推翻佐治亚州2020年总统选举的结果。根据起诉书，切塞布罗被指控犯有“推进阴谋”的行为。
在他们的文件中，切塞布罗的律师承认，他们的客户起草了法律备忘录，这是他被指控行为的核心——其中一项包括使用所谓的“备用选举人”来阻止乔·拜登获得270张选举人票的策略——但这一行动是合理的，因为切塞布罗“履行了他作为律师对客户的责任。”
切塞布罗的律师声称，将他们客户的行为定罪将“阻碍律师倡导新颖法律立场的长期做法。”
“如果法院允许州政府起诉写小说、有争议、甚至对深奥法律的不正确解释的个人，那么各地的学生法律评论和法律期刊将突然发现自己需要工作人员，”动议写道。
这项努力标志着切塞布罗第二次动议驳回他的案件，此前他于9月5日提交了一份驳回申请。
2023年8月23日，在佐治亚州富尔顿县治安官办公室提供的面部照片中可以看到肯尼斯·切塞布罗。
富尔顿县治安官办公室
切塞布罗和前特朗普竞选律师西德尼·鲍威尔计划10月23日接受审判因为他们都要求尽快审理此案。
同样在周二，第十一巡回上诉法院给了富尔顿县地方检察官范尼·威利斯一天时间来回应特朗普前幕僚长马克·梅多斯关于他的案件的紧急延期请求。
梅多斯在周五的法官之后，于周一要求紧急延期拒绝了梅多斯的出价根据一项联邦法律，当有人被指控作为联邦官员以其办公室的“名义”采取行动时，要求取消州法院向联邦法院系统提起的刑事诉讼。
第十一巡回法院回应梅多斯的紧急动议，命令威利斯在美国东部时间周三中午之前提交一份简要回应。
此外，法院命令梅多斯和威利斯提交摘要，说明联邦免职法是允许前联邦官员向联邦法院提起州诉讼，还是只允许现任联邦官员提起。
双方都将在周三下午就这一问题举行简报会。
梅多斯被控一项违反《佐治亚州反腐败法》的罪名和一项教唆公职人员违反誓言的罪名，罪名是采取行动“推进阴谋”，根据大的起诉书.
他的律师乔治·特威利格(George Terwilliger)说，“起诉书中指控梅多斯先生所做的事情本身都不是犯罪:安排椭圆形办公室会议，代表总统联系州政府官员，参观州政府大楼，以及为总统设置电话。人们会认为美国总统的幕僚长会做这类事情。”
Kenneth Chesebro files to have charges dismissed in Georgia election interference case
Lawyers for attorney Kenneth Chesebro on Tuesday filed a motion to dismiss the charges against him in the Georgiaelection interference case, arguing that his actions were "justified" because he was acting "within his capacity as a lawyer" for the Trump campaign.
"Mr. Chesebro, being an expert in constitutional law, acted within his capacity as a lawyer in researching and finding precedents in order to form a legal opinion which was then supplied to his client, the Trump Campaign," the motion said.
Chesebro and 18 others, including former President Donald Trump, have pleaded not guilty to all charges in asweeping racketeering indictmentfor alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state of Georgia. Chesebro is accused of committing acts "in furtherance of the conspiracy," according to the indictment.
In their filing, Chesebro's lawyers acknowledged that their client drafted the legal memos at the center of his alleged conduct -- one of which included a strategy to use so-called "alternate electors" to prevent Joe Biden from receiving 270 electoral votes -- but that that action was justified since Chesebro was "fulfilling his duty to his client as an attorney."
Chesebro's attorneys asserted that criminalizing their client's conduct would "stymy the long-held practice of attorneys advocating for novel legal positions."
"If the Court were to permit the State to prosecute individuals for writing a novel, controversial, or even incorrect interpretation of an abstruse law, then student law reviews and law journals everywhere would suddenly find themselves in need of staff," the motion read.
The effort marks the second time Chesebro has moved to dismiss his case, following a motion to dismiss that he filed on Sept. 5.
Chesebro and former Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell are scheduled togo on trial on Oct. 23after they both requested speedy trials in the case.
Also Tuesday, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals gave Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis one day to respond to former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows' request for an emergency stay regarding his case.
Meadows on Monday requested the emergency stay after a judge on Fridayrejected Meadows' bidto have his case moved, based on a federal law that calls for the removal of criminal proceedings brought in state court to the federal court system when someone is charged for actions they allegedly took as a federal official acting "under color" of their office.
The Eleventh Circuit, responding to Meadows' emergency motion, ordered Willis to submit a brief responding by noon ET Wednesday.
Additionally, the court ordered both Meadows and Willis to submit briefs addressing whether the federal removal statue permits former federal officers to remove state actions to federal court, or only current federal officers.
The briefings on that question are due Wednesday afternoon for both sides.
Meadows is charged with one count of violation of the Georgia RICO Act and one count of solicitation of violation of oath by public officer, for taking actions "in furtherance of the conspiracy," according to theDA's indictment.
His attorney, George Terwilliger, has said, "Nothing Mr. Meadows is alleged in the indictment to have done is criminal per se: arranging Oval Office meetings, contacting state officials on the President's behalf, visiting a state government building, and setting up a phone call for the President. One would expect a Chief of Staff to the President of the United States to do these sorts of things."
