{"id":1979998,"date":"2023-07-21T20:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T00:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-attorney-in-2020-election-investigation-says-he-did-what-any-president-was-required-to-do\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T20:35:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T00:35:55","slug":"trump-attorney-in-2020-election-investigation-says-he-did-what-any-president-was-required-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-attorney-in-2020-election-investigation-says-he-did-what-any-president-was-required-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s attorney claims he fulfilled his presidential duties in the 2020 election probe."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-attorney-in-2020-election-investigation-says-he-did-what-any-president-was-required-to-do%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1979998&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s New Attorney Defends Him in Election Investigation<\/h2>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s new attorney, John Lauro, passionately defended \u200chis\u200b client&#8217;s actions in the 2020 election, stating that Trump acted \u2064within his presidential duties. Lauro appeared on Fox News to address the ongoing investigations led by Jack \u2062Smith.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s done nothing criminal, and he&#8217;s made his case that he\u2063 was entitled to take these positions \u200bas president of the United States when \u2064he saw all these election discrepancies and irregularities\u2062 going on,&#8221; Lauro stated. &#8220;He did what\u200c any\u200c president was required to do \u2062because he took an oath \u200bto do exactly that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Senate Committee\u200b to Consider Advancing Bipartisan Children&#8217;s Online Safety Bill<\/h3>\n<p>Trump recently added John Lauro to his legal team, specifically \u200cto handle a potential third indictment related \u2063to the alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The investigation, \u200dled by Jack Smith, has\u200c already brought charges against Trump in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-asks-supreme-court-to-reject-trump-request-in-fbi-classified-documents-case\/\" title=\"DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Reject Trump Request in FBI Classified Documents Case\">classified documents case<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the \u200dTrump team&#8217;s\u2062 efforts to delay the trial, U.S. District Judge \u200bAileen Cannon set the trial date for May 20, 2024, in Florida, rejecting concerns about\u2062 its impact on the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Trump took to his \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a>, Truth Social, to announce that he had received a target \u2064letter from the Justice\u2062 Department&#8217;s investigation into potential election interference. This letter signifies an official correspondence\u200d from \u2064prosecutors to individuals under \u2062investigation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;In\u200c the \u200dsame week that Joe Biden is ensnarled\u2063 in a massive bribery \u2062allegation and at the same time that President Trump is leading in the polls,&#8221; Lauro pointed out. &#8220;So something&#8217;s going on here that&#8217;s not \u2063quite\u2063 right. But there&#8217;s no need to appear in\u2062 front of any grand jury right\u200c now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lauro emphasized that Trump declined Smith&#8217;s invitation to appear before a grand jury, asserting that the former president had done nothing wrong. He \u200cargued that the Justice Department&#8217;s investigation is politically motivated and called for cameras\u200c in \u200dthe courtroom if Trump\u2064 is indicted in the election fraud case.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I would hope that the Department of Justice would join \u2062in that effort so that we can take the\u200b curtain \u2063away and all Americans can see what&#8217;s happening,&#8221;\u200b Lauro expressed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, Fox News\u2063 anchor John Roberts reminded Lauro that Trump had \u2062previously urged to keep cameras \u2064out \u200cof his\u2062 indictment in New York, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-attorney-in-2020-election-investigation-says-he-did-what-any-president-was-required-to-do\/\" title=\"Trump's attorney claims he fulfilled his presidential duties in the 2020 election probe.\">federal court rules prohibit photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, photography and broadcasting in a\u200c courtroom are banned \u2063unless authorized by \u2064a judge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re gonna\u2063 have a process \u2014 we&#8217;re gonna have a process in D.C.,&#8221; Lauro responded to Roberts&#8217;s comments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s attorney defended him, stating he acted within his presidential authority during the 2020 election, responding to Jack Smith&#8217;s investigations. 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