The Arizona criminal case related to the 2020 presidential election could soon be dismissed after Republican defendants cited a law that blocks state prosecutors from weaponizing the judicial system against political opponents.
On Monday, Maricopa County Judge Bruce Cohen indicated he might hear the defendants’ plea to dismiss the charges, following their invocation of the state’s anti-SLAPP law, Courthouse News Service reported on Tuesday.
The anti-SLAPP law protects First Amendment rights, including freedom of speech and freedom of the press, and explicitly shields any defendant from prosecution if the courts determine that such a case was brought in retaliation for First Amendment-protected speech.
At least 14 of the 16 defendants argue that their signatures to declare electoral votes for Trump in protest of the 2020 election certification were protected by the First Amendment and this law. […]
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