Trump criticized Judge Tanya Chutkan for revealing on Friday over 1,800 pages of documents — mostly redacted — that Special Counsel Jack Smith filed in connection with his earlier opposition to Trump's motion to dismiss the case. attack on the Capitol in 2021.
The documents include much information that was already publicly known, but also show that Smith's team was relying on interview transcripts and other information released by a House special committee that was disbanded after Democrats lost the House in 2022. year.
Disclosure of documents, according to Trump, this is nothing more than “election interference”, which will take place in the USA on November 5. During an appearance on a right-wing journalist's podcast, the Republican candidate said that “it's a terrible thing that's happening,” and the judge presiding over the case is the “worst person”. He said about Smis that he was a “sick puppy”.
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Earlier, the team of lawyers representing Trump asked Judge Tanya Chutkan to delayed the release of evidence until after the November electionbut she rejected the request.
Trump could still face charges of illegally conspiring to overturn his 2020 election defeat because even though this summer Supreme Court ruled that he was protected by presidential immunity at the time, Smith said he committed the crime as private person, citizen.
Therefore, in September, he submitted a new application, alleging, among other things, Trump for spreading claims of election fraud even though he thought they were “crazy.” New evidence are part of this proposal.
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Judge Chutkan herself claims that had to disclose the materials precisely because of the upcoming elections.
“If the court were to withhold information that the public would have a right to access solely because of the potential political consequences of its disclosure, the withholding of such information could itself constitute – or appear to constitute – election interference,” she wrote in her ruling.
The Chutkan security service expanded when it was assigned the Trump case, in connection with numerous threats she received from his supporters.
Donald Trump is currently facing four charges related to the attack on the Capitol – conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct, obstruct or attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy to violate the human rights of which he didn't admit it.