Evidence in January 6 case against Trump could be released before election under new schedule
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Source: CNN Politics
Updated 5:43 PM EDT, Thu September 5, 2024
Washington CNN — Judge Tanya Chutkan has set a schedule in the federal election subversion case against former President Donald Trump that will allow prosecutors to release never-before-seen evidence, such as grand jury transcripts, ahead of the presidential election.
The deadline for the filing from prosecutors is September 26, according to the latest order from the judge, which largely sides with special counsel Jack Smith’s proposed schedule discussed at Thursday’s hearing. Trump’s defense team had sought to delay the public release of evidence in the case until after the November election.
The evidence the prosecutors reveal in late September may not be immediately public, and Chutkan will be able to control its release. It is likely it would become available, though, with potentially some redactions. This is the one of several filings the judge expects before voters head to the polls. She has not scheduled additional hearings or a trial date.
Chutkan’s scheduling order would allow for her to resolve the immunity issues on a much quicker timeline than the former president proposed, with a deadline for the final round briefs on the immunity matter set for October 29. There is no hearing scheduled on the immunity question in her new order, but she could request oral arguments on the matter later on.
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Washington CNN -- Judge Tanya Chutkan has set a schedule in the federal election subversion case against former President Donald Trump that will allow prosecutors to release never-before-seen evidence, such as grand jury transcripts, ahead of the presidential election.
The deadline for the filing from prosecutors is September 26, according to the latest order from the judge, which largely sides with special counsel Jack Smith's proposed schedule discussed at Thursday's hearing. Trump's defense team had sought to delay the public release of evidence in the case until after the November election.
This is the one of several filings the judge expects before voters head to the polls. She has not scheduled additional hearings or a trial date.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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Posted September 5, 2024 at 1:17pm
A federal judge on Thursday said she would not consider the upcoming election as she sets a schedule for the criminal prosecution in Washington against Donald Trump, an approach that could allow prosecutors to make public more evidence related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, at a status conference on the case, pushed back on arguments from Trump's attorneys that much of the briefing in the case should be delayed until after the Nov. 5 election.
"The electoral process, and the timing of the election, and what needs to happen before or after an election, are not relevant here," Chutkan said. "This court is not concerned with an election schedule." Chutkan set Thursday's hearing following the Supreme Court decision in July that gave presidents "absolute immunity" around the core of their presidential powers and possible immunity outside of that. The justices sent the case back to the district court for further proceedings.
Smith has since filed a slimmed-down indictment of Trump that excluded a portion of the allegations that the Supreme Court ruled could not be charged. Trump's legal team has argued those changes were not enough and the remaining allegations should be considered immune as well.
Chutkan now must iron out which allegations prosecutors can pursue, which might be off limits, and how to handle other outstanding issues in the case. The judge said she planned on issuing an order later Thursday to set a schedule for dealing those issues, although she indicated it would be an "exercise in futility" to set a trial date because of outstanding issues in the case.
https://rollcall.com/2024/09/05/judge-says-election-wont-affect-timeline-for-trump-prosecution/
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