Special counsel can present ‘substantial’ new evidence against Trump in January 6 case, judge rules

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/24/politics/special-counsel-trump-substantial-evidence?cid=ios_app

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  1. >The filing is likely to be the largest chunk of the case against Trump that the public will be able to see before the 2024 presidential election, and could include what prosecutors know of the former president’s interactions with then-Vice President Mike Pence and other moments in late 2020 and early 2021.

  2. Rated_PG-Squirteen on

    Get ready for some juicy tidbits from Mike Pence’s grand jury testimony. Donald may just have his biggest Truth Social meltdown ever.

  3. Oh Lordy, there are tapes!

    (and it ain’t even F5 Friday, time to preorder some spare keyboards)

  4. Loving the “unexpected consequences” aspect of this being allowed specifically because SCOTUS sent back to the lower courts the instruction to review the evidence and decide if it’s admissible.

  5. notcaffeinefree on

    Apparently Trump’s lawyers filed a 9-page document in opposition…where the entirety of the opposition was:

    >Defendant’s argument against the requested page limit expansion comprises a single statement that the Government’s request “would quadruple the standard page limits in this District.” The rest of the nine-page opposition rehashes Defendant’s position that immunity briefing should not begin until he files a motion to dismiss several months from
    now. The court has already addressed the scheduling objections Defendant raised when he was
    given an opportunity to do.

    Basically “it’s too long and it should wait while we delay even more and eventually file a motion to dismiss”.

  6. Thank you, judge Chutkan.

    Apparently, Trump’s attorneys are scared shitless about this because according to them it is information that would be damaging “at this point in our political history”, which is basically saying that it will probably damage Trump’s campaign beyond repair.

  7. NotaRussianbott89 on

    Wow a slim glimmer of hope that he will be held accountable. I’m not holding my breath but it would be nice .

  8. This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/24/politics/special-counsel-trump-substantial-evidence?cid=ios_app) reduced by 77%. (I’m a bot)
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    > Special counsel Jack Smith this week will be allowed to file hundreds of pages of legal arguments and evidence gathered in the 2020 election subversion and January 6 US Capitol attack criminal case against former President Donald Trump, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

    > Judge Tanya Chutkan's decision allows the Justice Department to put into the court record parts of the investigation against Trump that are not yet publicly known.

    > Chutkan of the DC District Court, in a six-page opinion, said she would allow such an outsized briefing because the Supreme Court, in its recent decision to give Trump's actions while president immunity from prosecution, has directed her as the trial judge to look closely at facts in the case to decide if some allegations could move forward to trial.

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  9. Sure_Quality5354 on

    Just as a quick and not so friendly reminder, the trump trials were supposed to start in may/june before the maga court declared him legally a king and delayed his trials as long as possible

  10. For those wondering when!

    >The large court filing from prosecutors is set to come on Thursday. At first, it will be filed under seal. But Chutkan will have the ability to release a version of it to the public as part of the court file. The Justice Department plans to provide a redacted version that could be quickly released by the judge, likely before the November presidential election.

  11. Fusion_allthebonds on

    Adjudicating more evidence in a trial about an attempted coup before the defendant seizes more power to try again, is not only necessary, but moral.

  12. It’s nice to see the judge is using the supreme courts decision against trump. (I don’t know how to make the fun blue box so I’ll just copy and paste

    “Chutkan of the DC District Court, in a six-page opinion, said she would allow such an outsized briefing because the Supreme Court, in its recent decision to give Trump’s actions while president immunity from prosecution, has directed her as the trial judge to look closely at facts in the case to decide if some allegations could move forward to trial.”

  13. Can’t wait until Trump loses the election by a decent margin so there aren’t court battles and then his court cases are full steam ahead

  14. Responsible-Room-645 on

    If what the American people have already seen so far about Trump isn’t enough to obliterate his chances, nothing in the filing will either. America is well and truly screwed.

  15. PeachyCarnehand on

    Whatever. We all saw him plan it, bring his morons to a few blocks from the Capitol, then tell them to march on the Capitol building. Not sure what else we need. 80% of the time in any society this guy would’ve been death sentenced already

  16. It’s sad how many people in this comment section still has hope in the system.

    Trump’s saga of escaping consequences should make you mad and demand change from the system, not cheer it on while it intentionally avoids doing what it should do.