Former United States of America President, Donald Trump’s efforts to dismiss the 2020 election interferenc case has been dismissed.
The Republican Presidential Nominee had been prosecuted for “vindictive and political purposes” but his legal team has filed a motion for the case to be dismissed.
However, Judge Tanya Chutkan denied the former president’s motion.
US District Judge Tanya Chutkan stated that Trump’s Lawyers have not provided any meaningful evidence to dismiss the case.
The Judge indicated that the court can not accept the Defendant’s alternate narrative.
The case returned to the federal court in Washington DC on Friday.
Donald Trump lost the 2020 elction to Joe Biden after winning Pennsylvania. Biden’s win at Pennsylvania gave him 270 Electoral College votes to defeat Trump.
Joe Biden pulled 81,284,666 votes representing 51.3% and his opponent Donald Trump secured 74,224,319 votes representing 46.8%.
Donalt Trump has been accused of attempting to overthrow the results of the 2020 presidential election.
But the businessman has denied any wrongdoing and claimed the Joe Biden government is behind the prosecution.
Trump’s Lawyer argued that other political actors who also questioned and rejected the election result have been allowed to go scout free but they accused the former president.
According to the legal team, the Democrats had launched the prosecution to prevent him from winning re-election.
But the Judge rejected their argument saying the former president was not charged because he challenged the results.
Tanya Chutkan explained that Trump made false statements in furtherance of criminal conspiracies and for obstruction of election certification proceedings.
She also called out the legal team for saying the prosecution had a political motive.
Federal prosecutors also said the former US president sought to exploit the Capitol riot on 6 January 2021 to delay the certification of Biden’s victory and stay in power.
Judge Chutkan has postponed the case to 16 August to discuss next steps in the 2020 election interference case.