"It was not unreasonable at the time, and certainly not criminal, for President Trump to disagree with officials now favored by the prosecution and to rely instead on the independent judgment that the American people elected him to use while leading the country," the lawyers wrote.
The filing is the clearest indication yet that Trump's lawyers are hoping to sow doubt before a jury in the legitimacy of the race or at make the case that his skepticism was justified and not motivated by criminal intent.
The lawyers seek permission to force special counsel Jack Smith's team to produce vast swaths of information that they say could aid his defense, including the "the impact of foreign influence" and "actual and attempted compromises of election infrastructure" as well as evidence of potential "political bias" that could have shaped the intelligence community's assessment of the election.
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