United States v. Trump

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. Criminal Action No. 23-257 (TSC) DONALD J. TRUMP, Defendant. OPINION AND ORDER The government has filed a Motion for Formal Pretrial Notice of the Defendant’s Intent to Rely on Advice-of-Counsel Defense. ECF No. 98 (“Motion”). That Motion asks the court to order that by December 18, 2023, Defendant “provide notice in court of his intent to assert” an advice-of-counsel defense at trial. Id. at 1. For the reasons set forth below, the court will GRANT in part and DENY in part the Motion. The advice-of-counsel…