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From The Hill: U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Thursday agreed to unseal additional filings from special counsel Jack Smith laying out his election interference case against former President Trump, something Trump’s attorneys signaled they plan to challenge.
Chutkan agreed to a request from Smith to unseal exhibits that accompany his 180-page brief asserting that prosecutors can still bring much of their Jan. 6 case against Trump in the wake of a Supreme Court decision granting former presidents broad criminal immunity.
Smith argues Trump’s efforts to thwart the transfer of power were the unlawful actions of a private citizen, not of a president.
Chutkan granted Smith’s motion to post redacted versions of the exhibits, something that could include grand jury transcripts, texts and other evidence assembled by prosecutors.
“The court determines that the Government’s proposed redactions to the Appendix are appropriate, and that Defendant’s blanket objections to further unsealing are without merit. As the court has stated previously, ‘Defendant’s concern with the political consequences of these proceedings’ is not a cognizable legal prejudice,’” she wrote.
Trump’s legal team wrote in a filing on Thursday, “There should be no further disclosures at this time of the so-called ‘evidence’ that the Special Counsel’s Office has unlawfully cherry-picked and mischaracterized — during early voting in the 2024 Presidential election.”
JUST IN: Trump again asks Judge Chutkan not to release further evidence related to his criminal case in Washington, citing the election schedule.
This has not persuaded the judge in the past. He does this time ask for time to consider litigation options (mandamus?) pic.twitter.com/eApC3wjyYb
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) October 10, 2024
The report explains that Chutkan did agree to put her ruling on hold for 7 days, to allow Trump time to respond. If his team files a motion to appeal or reconsider, it will further delay the case.
The Hill wrote:
Trump already has until Nov. 7 — just days after the election — to file his own response to Smith’s 180-page brief with one of his own that will make his case for why the charges should be dropped after the Supreme Court’s decision.
Trump’s lawyers in the 2020 election obstruction case oppose the pre-election public release of a redacted version of the appendix of exhibits that prosecutors filed along with the big immunity brief. They suggest they might challenge if Chutkan greenlights release now… pic.twitter.com/TOIvvO9VLQ
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) October 10, 2024
NEWS:
Judge Chutkan ORDERS the release of the redacted appendix to Jack Smith’s brief, finding Trump’s objections to its release “without merit.”
She pauses her decision for seven days for Trump’s team to “evaluate litigation options.”
Doc 🔗 https://t.co/PALJBPscTe pic.twitter.com/AZ506mTUae
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) October 10, 2024
UPDATE: As expected and with the ink barely dry on Donald Trump’s request to prevent the public docketing of Jack Smith’s unsealed evidence appendix to his massive immunity motion, Tanya Chutkan denies the request, reiterates the election is of no consideration to her, and then… pic.twitter.com/zzsWtoIUvu
— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) October 10, 2024
One would think a thorough and humiliating rebuke by the chief justice for not conducting due diligence and rushing to judgment on such an unprecedented matter would have made Chutkan somewhat circumspect. To the contrary—she is giving a big middle finger to SCOTUS.
— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) October 10, 2024
Judge agrees to unseal further filings from Jan. 6 case as Trump signals challenge https://t.co/25Xpsl9ohp
— The Hill (@thehill) October 10, 2024
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