Trump’s lawyers filed petitions this week attempting to throw out the evidence collected last year by a special grand jury, banning prosecutors from presenting that material to a newly empaneled grand jury that has charging powers, and disqualifying District Attorney Fani Willis from any related proceedings.

Lawyers for Trump say letting the investigation proceed would lead to “a violation of his fundamental constitutional rights” while he “seeks his Party’s nomination for the Presidency of the United States.”

[There is no fundamental constitutional right to immunity while running for office. Trump’s attorneys made a similar argument for indefinite postponement of the federal charges stemming from Jack Smith’s special counsel probe too, but it’s specious. I do wonder, though, whether Fani Willis was playing by Hoyle with that first grand jury in Fulton County. That and the other legal arguments are more interesting. — Ed]