Judge Tanya S. Chutkan told the former president's lawyers that she is "not concerned with the electoral schedule"

September 6, 2024

 

It’s not fair, legal counsel for Donald Trump told a federal judge on Thursday. The former president’s election interference case — which could have gone to trial this spring had it not been for litigation over the Republican candidate’s claim he was completely immune from prosecution — is starting back up again just as early voting is about to begin. While ballots are being cast, prosecutors could air new, potentially damning evidence about the defendant's efforts to remain in power.

 

So what, U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan responded. Her only concern, she said, is the crimes that special counsel Jack Smith, armed with a fresh grand jury indictment, has accused the 78-year-old defendant of committing: defrauding the United States and seeking to throw out the votes of millions of Americans after decisively losing to President Joe Biden in 2020.

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Chutkan issued an order following Thursday’s hearing that sets the stage for potentially damning evidence to be publicly shared just as the election heats up. That order sets Sept. 26 as the deadline for prosecutors to file an “opening brief” on Trump’s immunity claims, which Politico reported could be “jammed with new and explosive evidence related to Trump’s effort to subvert the 2020 election” (prosecutors said they would include “substantial exhibits” in their filing). A defense response is due by Oct. 17 and prosecutors’ response to that is due Oct. 29.

 

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https://www.salon.com/2024/09/06/sets-stage-for-mini-mini-trial-in-january-6-case-right-before-the-november/

 

 

Trump’s federal election prosecution isn’t going to trial anytime soon. But it could still produce damaging revelations before Nov. 5

A new schedule from Judge Tanya Chutkan leaves the door open for an October surprise.

 

09/05/2024

 

Special counsel Jack Smith and Donald Trump will be trading high-stakes legal filings — some potentially jammed with new and explosive evidence related to Trump’s effort to subvert the 2020 election — in the weeks leading up to Election Day.

 

A federal judge has given the special counsel’s team until Sept. 26 to detail what his team says will be a “comprehensive” slate of evidence detailing Trump’s alleged conspiracies to subvert the 2020 election.

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The prospect of damaging new information related to Trump’s effort to subvert the previous presidential election emerging in the closing days of the 2024 race adds a new, unpredictable element to the campaign’s final stretch — the definition of an October surprise. But it’s not yet clear how much of the filings the public will see: Chutkan could order redactions to some of the sensitive information that Smith or Trump seek to include in their briefs. But any revelations are likely to draw significant attention just as millions of voters are casting early ballots.

 

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https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/05/trump-federal-election-case-chutkan-schedule-00177619

 

 

An off-topic trolling post has been removed.

 

Soooooo, the prosecution can introduce almost anything at all, just before people go to the polls, even if it gets thrown out the day after the election.

If that's not judicial political interference in the trial of a POTUS candidate I'll eat my proverbial hat.

 

and some people try to say the US judicial system has not been weaponised against Trump

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Soooooo, the prosecution can introduce almost anything at all, just before people go to the polls, even if it gets thrown out the day after the election.

If that's not judicial political interference in the trial of a POTUS candidate I'll eat my proverbial hat.

 

and some people try to say the US judicial system has not been weaponised against Trump

Kudos to you for taking a rational position based on critical thinking.

3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Soooooo, the prosecution can introduce almost anything at all, just before people go to the polls, even if it gets thrown out the day after the election.

If that's not judicial political interference in the trial of a POTUS candidate I'll eat my proverbial hat.

 

and some people try to say the US judicial system has not been weaponised against Trump

I would say delaying a normal timeline for a criminal trial because of an election amounts to election interference.

44 minutes ago, stevenl said:

I would say delaying a normal timeline for a criminal trial because of an election amounts to election interference.

Which is exactly what I would expect you to say.

However, reverse the situation and it is Harris being on trial just before the election and I am certain that your opinion would be 180 degrees different.

4 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Soooooo, the prosecution can introduce almost anything at all, just before people go to the polls, even if it gets thrown out the day after the election.

If that's not judicial political interference in the trial of a POTUS candidate I'll eat my proverbial hat.

 

and some people try to say the US judicial system has not been weaponised against Trump

He put himself in this situation to start with. Then using his BS arguments about  having complete immunity and then all the other bs arguments he's put forward since. He committed multiple crimes and now he's having to deal with the consequences of his own making. When you're a criminal with multiple infractions of a variety of laws in multiple states its kind of hand to argue its everyone else demonizing him. Go cry somewhere else, Im sure there's a trump page somewhere that will hold your hand and comfort you. 

29 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Which is exactly what I would expect you to say.

However, reverse the situation and it is Harris being on trial just before the election and I am certain that your opinion would be 180 degrees different.

Whataboutary.

On 9/9/2024 at 4:16 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

Soooooo, the prosecution can introduce almost anything at all, just before people go to the polls, even if it gets thrown out the day after the election.

If that's not judicial political interference in the trial of a POTUS candidate I'll eat my proverbial hat.

 

and some people try to say the US judicial system has not been weaponised against Trump

Save your hat!  It never happened.And never will,Elections had Consequences!

It's all going away. Don't mind these fools.