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Who is Tanya Chutkan? American judge with Indian roots assigned to Trump's Jan 6 case
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Who is Tanya Chutkan? American judge with Indian roots assigned to Trump's Jan 6 case

Hindustan Times  

On Monday, chief prosecutor Jack Smith filed for four felony counts against President-elect Donald Trump in connection with his alleged role in inciting the January 6, 2021, US Capitol insurrection to be dropped. Defendant does not oppose the Motion and the court will grant it.” U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said she hasn’t grown numb to the violent scenes of …

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Special Counsel Jack Smith Files Motion To Dismiss Jan. 6 Case
4 weeks ago

Special Counsel Jack Smith Files Motion To Dismiss Jan. 6 Case

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday filed a motion to dismiss President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 criminal indictment for allegedly defrauding the United States, conspiring to obstruct Congress when it met to certify the results of the 2020 election, and otherwise acting to “oppress, threaten and intimidate” voters. Smith wrote that he made his decision because Department …

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Special counsel Jack Smith moves to drop both federal criminal cases against Trump
4 weeks ago

Special counsel Jack Smith moves to drop both federal criminal cases against Trump

Politico  

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan quickly granted the motion to dismiss Trump’s Washington D.C. case, in which he was charged with conspiring to subvert the 2020 election. Smith asked Chutkan to dismiss the election case “without prejudice” — a legal term that means the case could theoretically be brought again in the future. Before the election, Smith initiated an appeal …

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Jan. 6 Rioter Worries Judge After No-Show In Court
1 month, 1 week ago

Jan. 6 Rioter Worries Judge After No-Show In Court

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Lee Stutts, a former U.S. Marine accused of assaulting police at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, failed to appear in court on Wednesday — prompting a federal judge to tell his attorney that a bench warrant will be issued for Stutts’ arrest before the end of the day. “We’re missing one key person,” U.S. District …

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Frozen: Judge Tanya Chutkan officially puts Trump case on hold
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Frozen: Judge Tanya Chutkan officially puts Trump case on hold

Raw Story  

A federal judge agreed to freeze the election interference case against Donald Trump three days after his election win. Special counsel Jack Smith asked District Judge Tanya Chutkan to vacate upcoming deadlines in the case, which defense attorneys did not oppose. A pause would give the special counsel's office "time to assess this unprecedented circumstance and determine the appropriate course …

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What's Next For Donald Trump’s Criminal Cases
1 month, 2 weeks ago

What's Next For Donald Trump’s Criminal Cases

Huff Post  

Now that Donald Trump has won the White House for a second time, the path ahead seems clear for him to brush off key federal criminal indictments that have dogged him for years while potentially delaying other cases he faces in state court. The man in charge of enforcing laws can now just break them.” When writing her dissent, which …

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Trump’s biggest courtroom nemesis is looking for an exit strategy
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s biggest courtroom nemesis is looking for an exit strategy

Politico  

So the secretive prosecutor, who has been building both cases since November 2022, must now decide what kind of exit to make. Last month, Trump said Smith should be “thrown out of the country.” And on Wednesday, Trump’s allies signaled quickly that Smith should prepare to face consequences. “Dear Jack Smith: Lawyer up,” said Mike Davis, a bomb-throwing Trump ally …

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Trump trials: Here's what was in the evidence document Trump really didn't want unsealed.
2 months ago

Trump trials: Here's what was in the evidence document Trump really didn't want unsealed.

Slate  

Donald Trump has been convicted of 34 felony counts in the New York hush money case—but there’s a lengthy appeals process ahead. Referring to Justin Clark, a former Trump lawyer, Pence noted: “I will never forget the look on Justin’s face when Giuliani told the president over the speakerphone, ‘Your lawyers are not telling you the truth, Mr. President.’ ” …

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'Guess what? Trump is not winning' in Judge Chutkan's courtroom: former U.S. attorney
2 months ago

'Guess what? Trump is not winning' in Judge Chutkan's courtroom: former U.S. attorney

Raw Story  

After admitting that the legal proceedings against Donald Trump being heard in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Tanya Chutkan is progressing exceeding slowly, a former U.S. attorney suggested the former president is not on a path to defending himself successfully. Speaking with MSNBC host Katie Phang, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance made the case that Chutkan …

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Jack Smith plays his hand
2 months ago

Jack Smith plays his hand

Salon  

In this election year, with four criminal cases pending against him, Donald Trump’s lawyers have implemented full-scale delaying tactics for both legal and political reasons. Special counsel Jack Smith, meanwhile, is taking the cards he was dealt and it appears his latest legal effort could bypass the Supreme Court’s transformational immunity ruling. Trump’s Delays Meet Smith Motion for Immunity Determinations …

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Jack Smith Is Releasing More Evidence. No, That’s Not “Election Interference.”
54 years, 11 months ago

Jack Smith Is Releasing More Evidence. No, That’s Not “Election Interference.”

Slate  

One can fairly argue that the Department of Justice has been overly cautious in prosecuting Donald Trump. In addition, federal prosecutors generally observe a norm known as the “60-day rule.” Although it is not a written rule and its parameters are imprecise, it is a practice described by DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz as guidance to prosecutors to “avoid public …

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More Jan. 6 Evidence That Trump Tried To Keep Hidden Is Out
2 months ago

More Jan. 6 Evidence That Trump Tried To Keep Hidden Is Out

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A four-part appendix detailing more about former President Donald Trump’s alleged criminal attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election hit the public record on Friday. Volume I also contains a previously public transcript in which Jan. 6 committee investigators ask a witness about whether Trump’s Jan. 6 speech draft was something his staffers categorized as …

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Jack Smith is releasing something Trump doesn't want 'voting public to know about': expert
2 months ago

Jack Smith is releasing something Trump doesn't want 'voting public to know about': expert

Raw Story  

On MSNBC's "Morning Joe," NBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin questioned why Donald Trump's lawyers are fighting "tooth and nail" to block the release of documents submitted to Judge Tanya Chutkan by special counsel Jack Smith in the 2020 election interference case. As CNN reported, Trump's legal team argued to Judge Chutkan, “the asymmetric release of charged allegations and related documents …

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Jack Smith's appendix of evidence to be released Friday after 'devastating' opinion
2 months ago

Jack Smith's appendix of evidence to be released Friday after 'devastating' opinion

Raw Story  

The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump's election interference case in Washington, D.C. released a "devastating" five-page opinion on Thursday night that will allow for the release Friday of an appendix full of evidence against the former president, according to a former federal prosecutor. Judge Tanya Chutkan last week ruled that she would make special counsel Jack Smith's appendix public, but …

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'Speculation': Judge Chutkan denies Trump's demand for access to reams of DOJ documents
2 months, 1 week ago

'Speculation': Judge Chutkan denies Trump's demand for access to reams of DOJ documents

Raw Story  

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump had a demand for information and documents they want from the Justice Department knocked back Wednesday, MSNBC contributor Adam Klasfeld reported on X. Some of the requests Trump's team made revolved around a statement released by Chris Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, after …

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This Could Have Been A Year Of A Federal Court Reckoning For Trump. Judges Had Other Ideas.
2 months, 1 week ago

This Could Have Been A Year Of A Federal Court Reckoning For Trump. Judges Had Other Ideas.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The indictment charging Donald Trump with hoarding classified documents leveled one jaw-dropping allegation after another, including that he showed off a secret Pentagon attack plan to guests at his golf club and suggested his lawyer misled the FBI about the presence of the White House records. If Trump loses to Democrat Kamala Harris, he is …

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Judge Chutkan approves release of Trump Jan. 6 documents that could reveal more damning testimony
2 months, 1 week ago

Judge Chutkan approves release of Trump Jan. 6 documents that could reveal more damning testimony

Salon  

Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, the federal judge overseeing Donald Trump's Jan. 6 case, issued an order Thursday approving the release of redacted source documents that provided special counsel Jack Smith with potentially incriminating material on the former president's attempts to overturn the 2020 election. The documents consist of a four-part appendix listing the sources of the quotes Smith used in …

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Trump asks Judge Tanya Chutkan to halt release of trial evidence until after election
2 months, 1 week ago

Trump asks Judge Tanya Chutkan to halt release of trial evidence until after election

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's lawyers went to court again to ask the judge not to reveal additional evidence against him as the election fast approaches. In a court filing posted on Thursday, Trump asked Judge Tanya Chutkan to keep any further evidence against him in the criminal case involving election interference under wraps from voters until after they go to the polls. …

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Retired judge grades Trump's appointees —and finds some have 'lost their way'
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Retired judge grades Trump's appointees —and finds some have 'lost their way'

Raw Story  

It still chokes me up a little when I remember the moment when Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney swore me in, my right hand raised, as a Massachusetts Superior Court judge, saying, “Do you promise that you will defend and support the United States Constitution and the Massachusetts Constitution, so help you God?” This oath choked me up every time I …

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3 Things In Jack Smith's Brief That Are Bad For Trump
2 months, 2 weeks ago

3 Things In Jack Smith's Brief That Are Bad For Trump

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Now that special counsel Jack Smith has laid out some of the evidence he intends to use at trial to convince jurors that Donald Trump conspired to subvert the 2020 election, it soon goes next to a federal judge to decide which of Trump’s acts were “official” — and therefore not prosecutable under the Supreme Court’s recent …

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Justice Department once again caught between an election and doing its work
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Justice Department once again caught between an election and doing its work

CNN  

CNN — One month until voters head to the polls, the Justice Department is caught in a thorny intersection of election-year politics and continuing the work of the nation’s top law enforcement agency – trying to maintain its reputation for impartiality while also continuing to pursue the prosecution of Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate. Trump has already lambasted the …

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Special counsel Jack Smith provides fullest picture yet of his 2020 election case against Trump in new filing
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Special counsel Jack Smith provides fullest picture yet of his 2020 election case against Trump in new filing

CNN  

CNN — Federal prosecutors laid out their most extensive case to date against former President Donald Trump for his effort to overturn the 2020 election in a sweeping legal brief that was unsealed Wednesday by a federal judge who is weighing the explosive criminal charges against him. “He extensively used private actors and his campaign infrastructure to attempt to overturn …

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How a Judge Will Weigh Immunity in Trump’s Jan. 6 Case
2 months, 3 weeks ago

How a Judge Will Weigh Immunity in Trump’s Jan. 6 Case

New York Times  

How a Judge Will Weigh Immunity in Trump’s Jan. 6 Case In the next few months, Judge Tanya S. Chutkan will face what she herself recently called “a uniquely challenging” task. Immune Yes No Immune Not immune Vivian Li/The New York Times If Mr. Trump undertook a specific action in his private capacity as a candidate for office, rather than …

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Trump Tells Judge: Redact More Details in Jan. 6 Case
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump Tells Judge: Redact More Details in Jan. 6 Case

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING After attorneys for Donald Trump lashed out in a court filing Tuesday claiming that special counsel Jack Smith is attempting to “usurp control” of the defense, and demanding more redactions in Smith’s brief laying out evidence in the former president’s election subversion case linked to the January 2021 insurrection, prosecutors offered a series of hints about what’s …

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