Trump Challenges Special Counsel's Evidence Release in Election Case

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Former President Donald Trump's legal team is contesting special counsel Jack Smith's plan to publicly release evidence in the federal case regarding Trump's alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Smith submitted a 180-page sealed brief last week, detailing the government's evidence against Trump, who has pleaded not guilty to four felony charges, including those connected to the January 6 Capitol riot.

 

Smith proposed making public various forms of evidence, including "grand jury transcripts, interview reports, or material obtained through sealed search warrants." To protect witnesses, especially those potentially vulnerable to intimidation by Trump's supporters, Smith suggested that some information, such as their names, be redacted.

 

However, on Tuesday, Trump’s lawyers, John Lauro and Todd Blanche, responded by filing a memo opposing Smith’s motion. They argued that the special counsel's plan is politically motivated, intended to damage Trump’s presidential campaign. The memo stated that Smith's efforts aim to release what they called a "politically motivated manifesto" in the crucial period leading up to the 2024 election, as early voting begins. "The true motivation driving the efforts by the Special Counsel's Office to disseminate witness statements that they previously sought to lock down is as obvious as it is inappropriate," Trump's filing reads.

 

They went on to assert that Smith's timing is intended to influence the election, writing, "The Office wants their politically motivated manifesto to be public...in the final weeks of the 2024 Presidential election."

 

Smith, however, quickly rebutted these claims, maintaining that his motion is legally justified and not politically motivated. He denied the Trump team's accusation, stating, "The defendant's opposition includes his standard and unsupported refrain that the Government's position is motivated by improper political considerations." Smith further argued that the accusations are baseless, noting that similar claims were dismissed by the court earlier in the case. "That allegation is false—just as it was false when the Court denied the defendant's motion to dismiss the case on grounds of selective and vindictive prosecution."

 

Smith emphasized that his office is focused solely on upholding the law, writing, "The Special Counsel's mandate is to uphold the law. It has no role or interest in partisan politics and has faithfully executed its prosecutorial duties in this case."

Smith's filing comes after a restructured indictment of Trump, filed last month in response to a Supreme Court ruling regarding presidential immunity during certain official acts. Despite the legal proceedings, Trump has maintained that he is the target of a "witch hunt," claiming that Smith's prosecution is an attempt to interfere with his 2024 presidential campaign.

 

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the case, has signaled that she may not be swayed by arguments based on Trump's political status. In a previous hearing on the case schedule, Chutkan dismissed concerns about the election calendar, stating that she was "not concerned with the electoral schedule," a stance she took during an exchange with Trump's legal team.

 

As the case progresses, tensions remain high between the Trump team and the special counsel’s office, with both sides accusing each other of politicizing the legal process.

 

Based on a report from: Newsweek 2024-10-03

 

 

 

[mushroomdave]

Better save whatever you can of that snake oil money for your lawyers Grifter Man!! 

You will sure be in need of it come the morning of November 6 that's for sure!!

 

Oops forgot.....he doesn't pay them!!  

 

"Lock Him Up, Lock Him Up, Lock Him Up"

[Tug]

Quell surprise let the bleating begin here comes the usual witch hunt victim poor me spiel……enough!get the traitor in court he says he’s innocent let him prove it this should have been in court months ago except for judge cannon throwing shade…..she has some explaining to do in my opinion.the dudes an albatross don’t saddle us with this loser!

[Chomper Higgot]

He lost yet another bid to stall justice.

 

The evidence has been filed, and the redacted version has been unsealed:

 

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/02/jack-smith-trump-court-filing-election-00182235

[thaipo7]

1 hour ago, Tug said:

Quell surprise let the bleating begin here comes the usual witch hunt victim poor me spiel……enough!get the traitor in court he says he’s innocent let him prove it this should have been in court months ago except for judge cannon throwing shade…..she has some explaining to do in my opinion.the dudes an albatross don’t saddle us with this loser!

You would be bleating too if you were treated 5% as bad as Trump has been the past 8 years.   You have no sense of fairness or right from wrong.

[Real Name Hidden]

14 minutes ago, thaipo7 said:

You would be bleating too if you were treated 5% as bad as Trump has been the past 8 years.   You have no sense of fairness or right from wrong.

Trump brought it on himself.  Throw the bum in prison where he belongs.

[JonnyF]

The witch hunt by the Democrats continues.

 

Thank goodness the election is coming so the American people can speak and put all this politically motivated lawfare to bed. 

[HappyExpat57]

15 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

The witch hunt by the Democrats continues.

 

Thank goodness the election is coming so the American people can speak and put all this politically motivated lawfare to bed. 

Witch hunt . . . right.

 

When it's your own flying monkeys testifying against you, then yeah - this IS a witch hunt and he's the wicked witch.

[Tug]

43 minutes ago, thaipo7 said:

You would be bleating too if you were treated 5% as bad as Trump has been the past 8 years.   You have no sense of fairness or right from wrong.

Thaipo rite now they are discussing trump telling pence BEFORE j6 that if he doesn’t back the coup he’s going to throw him (pence) under the bus by doing his tweet that Mike let America down,this is after he knows he lost the election and before the riot .at a bare minimum it’s being derelict,I’m a lay person but from what I’ve heard it doesn’t meet the legal definition of treason but it’s rite up there.they have proof thaipo this isn’t picking on trump this is what happened.its sad it’s derelict it’s unlawful it’s treasonous trump at the bare minimum belongs in prison.

Edited 1 hour ago by Tug

[jerrymahoney]

Opening sentences of the above linked document:

GOVERNMENT'S MOTION FOR IMMUNITY DETERMINATIONS
The defendant asserts that he is immune from prosecution for his criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 presidential election because, he claims, it entailed official conduct. Not so.

Although the defendant was the incumbent President during the charged conspiracies, his scheme was fundamentally a private one. Working with a team of private co-conspirators, the defendant acted as a candidate when he pursued multiple criminal means to disrupt, through fraud and deceit, the government function by which votes are collected and counted a function in which the defendant, as President, had no official role. Edited 1 hour ago by jerrymahoney

[Walker88]

Read it. Astonishing. The evidence comes from the felon's staff and officials he appointed, so any suggestion this is some sort of Dem witch hunt is absurd.

 

politico.com/f/?id=00000192-4ed8-d086-a1fe-7edb0e150000

 

From Page 8 of the filing, it notes that when the felon was advised that what he was doing and saying might lead to violence, he is reported to responded, "Make them riot" and "Do it".

 

From Page 142, when told VP Pence was in danger, and it could be heard on live TV that the terrorists were chanting "Hang Mike Pence", the response from the felon was "So what".

[G_Money]

7 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

Read it. Astonishing. The evidence comes from the felon's staff and officials he appointed, so any suggestion this is some sort of Dem witch hunt is absurd.

 

politico.com/f/?id=00000192-4ed8-d086-a1fe-7edb0e150000

 

From Page 8 of the filing, it notes that when the felon was advised that what he was doing and saying might lead to violence, he is reported to responded, "Make them riot" and "Do it".

 

From Page 142, when told VP Pence was in danger, and it could be heard on live TV that the terrorists were chanting "Hang Mike Pence", the response from the felon was "So what".

You believe it.  Not surprised.

[animalmagic]

21 minutes ago, G_Money said:

You believe it.  Not surprised.