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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

The Supreme Court has already rejected a key part of Trump’s defence

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The defence of Donald Trump playing out on television and on social media for the most serious charges against him yet revives the same bogus theory that the US Supreme Courtshot down less than two months ago.

That legal theory formed the basis of the same false claims that the former president and his co-conspirators are accused of making as they allegedly schemed to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

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