Leveraging Inexperience and Legal Maneuvering in Trump's Defense

Trump's lawyers are exploiting an individual's inexperience and possible openness to unconventional arguments in the legal proceedings. They have cited the Presidential Records Act, which was enacted post-Watergate to ensure government possession of official records created during a presidency, as a basis to move for case dismissal. Despite this law appearing unfavorable for Trump, he has paradoxically used a provision in the Act allowing presidents to designate records as personal to bolster his defense.

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