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

"The brief due Thursday (9/26) – which is expected to exceed 200 pages, including exhibits, and is meant to convince courts Trump should be prosecuted for alleged obstruction and conspiracy criminal activity — is a rare avenue for evidence to be aired in court before a trial.

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."

  • AtomicHotSauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
    796·
    2 months ago

    I wish I had any hope that this will lead to him rotting in a cell but, alas, it’ll be a nothingburger like every other action against him. We live in an alternate universe now.

    • The Pantser@lemmy.world
      211·
      2 months ago

      But he’s losing and not the Republicans golden boy anymore. Maybe he’s finally weakened enough to Finish Him!

    • frezik@midwest.social
      161·
      2 months ago

      If you follow court cases, this kind of time is normal. The other actions are not nothingburgers, not at all.

      Take the Sarah Palin email hack. Happened in Sept 2008, they zero in on him almost immediately, and he’s charged in Oct. The trial doesn’t even happen until April 2010, and then sentenced that November. That was a relatively straightforward case against a nobody.

      Or Kevin Mitnick, who was arrested for computer hacking in Feb 1995, charged in 1998, and pleads guilty in 1999.

      If Trump doesn’t win the election, he’s fucked. Only death will keep him out of jail. If he wins, it’s still quite possible Merchan sentences him to jail (on state charges that quite clearly have nothing where he can claim immunity), and then things will be a little too interesting. What happens when a state sentences someone who is the President-elect? I’m a curious person by nature, but lets leave that question unanswered if we can avoid it.

    • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
      101·
      2 months ago

      Justice will not happen. But at least details will be aired one more time and a spotlight on how dangerous he is will shine shortly before the election.

      • ripcord@lemmy.world
        4·
        2 months ago

        Extremely sadly, if those details mattered anymore, we wouldn’t even have been talking about this guy in 2016 for more than a month or two.

        I guess there’s a chance if something bad enough comes out. And I guess there’s value in stuff being fresh in peoples’ minds.

    • Artyom@lemm.ee
      1·
      2 months ago

      Especially this close to the election. Even if he is proven guilty in a cri.final court with overwhelming evidence, to convict him before the election would cause gun-toting riots. He would need to be replaced with only a few months to spare, and a more neutral candidate would be called in who might actually win the election, and still follow through with all the project 2025 insanity.

      He’s already immune, unless this case takes a few more months to sort out…

  • Zexks@lemmy.world
    71·
    2 months ago

    I love how she tied it to the immunity defense. “Oh because you’re only immune in these specific instances. We’re going to review every single tiny last minutia of detail to see if you’re really immune or not.”