Judge Cannon asked to include Hunter's laptop 'scandal' in official court record
Jose A. Perez, a grassroots supporter of Donald Trump, has requested permission to file an amicus brief in the ongoing classified documents case against the former president, according to court filings on Thursday.
In legal filings, Perez told U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon that the prosecution of Trump interfered with his constitutional rights to vote and to election integrity. He claimed that the Department of Justice had been weaponized against Trump and his supporters.
The brief alleged that the Biden administration coerced intelligence agencies to influence the 2020 election, specifically accusing former CIA Director Mike Morrell of being pressured to support claims that damaging information from Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian disinformation.
The filing said the then-Democratic candidate "needed high-ranking former U.S. intelligence community officials to lie to the American people to save Biden's lagging campaign from a massive brewing scandal."
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Perez's filing also contended that the current prosecution represented a conflict of interest because it was controlled by Trump's political opponents, President Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee.
"The prosecution is not representing the United States of America — a sovereign whose obligation is to govern impartially," Perez stated in the brief.
He suggested postponing the case until after the November 2024 Presidential elections to eliminate alleged conflicts of interest.
The court has yet to decide on Perez's request to be considered a friend of the court and to have his brief accepted into the record of the case.