Trump won’t try to move Georgia case to federal court

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🗓️ 29 September 2023

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According to a new court filing, former President Trump’s lawyers say he won’t try and move the criminal charges brought against him by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to federal court. Trump’s lawyers had said he “may” try to get the case moved into the federal system, as part of a bid to invoke immunity protections for federal officers. Former U.S. Assistant Attorney Elie Honig joins AC360 to discuss the filing and explains why he was "stunned." Plus, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy refused to say if he would try to cut a deal with Democrats if the GOP conference can't coalesce around a plan to avert a shutdown. Republican Rep. Ken Buck tells Anderson "there's nothing worse than a shutdown" and it's an "embarrassment."

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0:00.0	Tonight on 362 Breaking Developments, an appeals court tells Donald Trump the trial that
0:06.1	already threatens his company will not be delayed, and the former president decides not to
0:10.5	fight to make his Georgia trial a federal case.
0:13.6	Also, tonight President Biden's warning that democracy is in danger, and he says not
0:17.6	just from Trump and his supporters.
0:20.0	Later, a 360 exclusive, my conversation with the family of Wall Street Journal reporter
0:24.2	Evan Gerskowicz, six months into his captivity in Russia.
0:28.8	Good evening, thanks for joining us.
0:29.9	We begin tonight with breaking news from two fronts in the former president's multi-front
0:33.6	legal battle to stay out of prison and keep the company his father began.
0:38.7	CNN's Jessica Schneider starts us off on the stay at a prison part with former president's
0:42.7	decision not to fight to move his Georgia Rico trial to federal court.
0:46.5	So why did the former president's legal team make that decision?
0:49.1	Yeah, so Anderson, the official reasoning tonight is they're saying they trust the judge
0:53.1	and state court to give the former president a fair trial.
0:56.2	So this is what they're saying in their notice to the court tonight.
0:59.3	They're saying President Trump now notifies the court that he will not be seeking to
1:03.4	remove his case to federal court.
1:05.6	This decision is based on his well-founded confidence that this honorable court intends
1:10.3	to fully and completely protect his constitutional right to a fair trial and guarantee him due
1:15.6	process of law throughout the prosecution of his case in the superior court of Fulton
1:20.2	County, Georgia.
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