Trump Asks Appeals Court to Dismiss Election-Interference Case

WASHINGTON—Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked a federal appeals court late Saturday to throw out the case that he illegally sought to undo his 2020 election loss, reiterating his argument that those efforts fell within the ambit of his official duties as president.

The filing to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, which came late in the evening of the deadline set by the court, was the latest turn in the battle between Trump and special counsel Jack Smith. The Supreme Court on Friday declined Smith’s bid to fast-track a decision on whether Trump is immune, leaving the issue in the hands of the appeals court.