Tornado Cash co-founder’s lawyer seeks to dismiss the lawsuit before the trial begins, claiming the prosecution has overstepped its authority

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the defense team of Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm has submitted a series of new documents in an attempt to dismiss the charges against Storm before the trial begins, claiming that the prosecutors overstepped their bounds in their final pre-trial motion.

In response to the government's motion to dismiss the trial against Storm, his defense team submitted a reply again last Friday, arguing that the case against him should be dismissed on the grounds that the government has not taken sufficient measures to prove that Storm actively participated in the crimes alleged in the indictment. The motion states that most of the documents challenge the government's characterization of Tornado Cash as a "money transfer business."

Storm's lawyers argue that classifying Tornado Cash as a "money transmission business" "violates due process, the principle of lenity, and the principle against innovative structures." In other motions, the lawyers argue that government prosecutors should be compelled to provide certain communications with Dutch authorities, and that the seizure of his cryptocurrency hardware wallet violates the "Fourth Amendment."