Judge agrees to unseal additional filings from Jan. 6 case as Trump signals challenge
Source: The Hill
by Rebecca Beitsch - 10/10/24 5:37 PM ET
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 Trumps 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.
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The court determines that the Governments proposed redactions to the Appendix are appropriate, and that Defendants blanket objections to further unsealing are without merit. As the court has stated previously, Defendants concern with the political consequences of these proceedings is not a cognizable legal prejudice, she wrote.
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But Chutkan also agreed to stay her ruling for seven days after an earlier motion from Trumps legal team asked for additional time so that President Trump can evaluate litigation options relating to the decision.
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Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4927545-trump-election-interference-case/
Some discussion indicates the appendix might contain information mostly already known from various sources.
slightlv
(4,395 posts)and I'd really like to know what type of evidence they have. trumps stalling with more litigation options isn't surprising. what will surprise me is if this case goes to trial before the New Year!
Comfortably_Numb
(4,118 posts)dickthegrouch
(3,569 posts)IMHO it can only interfere with the lies that have been spewed almost without consequence for the last 3 years and 11 months.