Trump calls judge ‘evil’ as she releases 1,889 heavily redacted pages of evidence in Jan. 6 case

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s election interference case in Washington, DC unsealed nearly 2,000 heavily redacted pages of evidence submitted by the special counsel’s office, with only handfuls of readable pages across four massive filings that trace the history of the former president’s election denialism. The filings published on Friday included transcripts of Trump’s remarks, social media posts, interviews from the House select committee that investigated the January 6 attack, campaign emails, the so-called “coup memo” outlining the legally dubious attempt to reject the electoral college certification, and excerpts from Mike Pence’s book and his statement refusing to reject election results. There are also more recent Trump statements — including a Truth Social post from March 2024 referring to January 6 defendants as “hostages.” Evidence also includes several highlighted passages from Pence’s book recalling Trump’s apparent pressure campaign, along with a copy of the former vice president’s statement announcing that he would certify the election results against Trump’s command. The release of documents in the case — which was frozen for months while Trump appealed on “immunity” grounds all the way to the Supreme Court — comes after Smith revived his indictment against the former president to navigate the high court’s ruling, which granted Trump some immunity from criminal prosecution for crimes tied to official duties in office.