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| Trump blasts DOJ for 'election interference,' calls Jack Smith case a 'scam' after judge unseals key filing |
| 2024-10-03 |
| [FoxNews] During an election year, DOJ often holds off on major actions during the 60 days leading up to Election Day Former President Trump blasted the Justice Department Wednesday for having "disobeyed their own rule in favor of complete and total election interference" after a key filing from Special Counsel Jack Smith’s election case against him was unsealed with just weeks before Americans cast their ballots. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Tanya Chutkan unsealed Smith’s 165-page filing Wednesday afternoon. The filing lays out his case and the alleged evidence he intends to use in an eventual trial against Trump. Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges brought by Smith. But Trump blasted the Justice Department Wednesday evening. "For 60 days prior to an election, the Department of Injustice is supposed to do absolutely nothing that would taint or interfere with a case," Trump posted in all capital letters to his Truth Social. "They disobeyed their own rule in favor of complete and total election interference." DOJ practice during an election year has often been to hold off on major actions in cases that could impact elections during the 60 days leading up to Election Day, an unwritten policy commonly referred to as the "60-day rule." The "rule," which is really more of a tradition because it is not an actual rule, has been cited many times in recent years. "The case is a scam, just like all of the others, including the documents case, which was dismissed!" Trump was pointing to the other case Smith brought against him related to classified records. The case was tossed out by a federal judge in Florida who ruled that Smith was unlawfully appointed as special counsel. Trump’s comments came in response to Smith's newly-unsealed filing, in which he alleges Trump "resorted to crimes to try to stay in office" after losing the 2020 presidential election. "With private co-conspirators, the defendant launched a series of increasingly desperate plans to overturn the legitimate election results in seven states that he had lost — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin," Smith wrote. "His efforts included lying to state officials in order to induce them to ignore true vote counts; manufacturing fraudulent electoral votes in the targeted states; attempting to enlist Vice President Michael R. Pence, in his role as President of the Senate, to obstruct Congress’s certification of the election by using the defendant’s fraudulent electoral votes; and when all else had failed, on January 6, 2021, directing an angry crowd of supporters to the United States Capitol to obstruct the congressional certification." Smith claims that the "throughline of these efforts was deceit," claiming Trump and co-conspirators engaged in a conspiracy to interfere with the federal government function by which the nation collects and counts election results, which is set forth in the Constitution and the Electoral Count Act (ECA); a conspiracy to obstruct the official proceeding in which Congress certifies the legitimate results of the presidential election; and a conspiracy against the rights of millions of Americans to vote and have their votes counted." The Supreme Court earlier this year ruled that a president is immune from prosecution for official acts. Smith was then required to file another indictment against Trump, revising the charges in an effort to navigate the Supreme Court ruling. The new indictment kept the prior criminal charges but narrowed and reframed allegations against Trump after the high court’s ruling that gave broad immunity to former presidents. Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges in the new indictment as well. Last month, Chutkan said she would not hold the trial for Trump on charges stemming from Smith's Jan. 6 investigation until after the 2024 presidential election. She set deadlines for replies and paperwork from federal prosecutors and Trump's legal team for Nov. 7 — after Election Day. Related: Jack Smith 09/26/2024 DOJ inspector general does not deny FBI informants were among Jan 6 crowd Jack Smith 09/26/2024 Irony - High Profile Florida Judge Gets Randomly Assigned DOJ Case Against Trump Assassin - The Last Refuge Jack Smith 09/25/2024 Ryan Wesley Routh faces new charge of attempted assassination of Trump after initial gun rap; son arrested for possessing child pr0n Related: Tanya Chutkan 09/06/2024 Trump trial stemming from Jack Smith's probe delayed past Election Day Tanya Chutkan 08/24/2024 Jack Smith Surrenders: Special Counsel Will Not Seek Expedited Hearings in Donald Trump Case Tanya Chutkan 08/05/2024 Judge won't dismiss Trump election case over 'selective prosecution' |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #4 ^She wants to enter history as a judge who sent POTUS to jail? |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-10-03 11:05 |
| #3 Last month, Chutkan said she would not hold the trial for Trump on charges stemming from Smith's Jan. 6 investigation until after the 2024 presidential election. She set deadlines for replies and paperwork from federal prosecutors and Trump's legal team for Nov. 7 — after Election Day. But she released this 33 days before the election - without any sort of rebuttal allowed. She is trying the case in the media. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2024-10-03 11:01 |
| #2 I suspect this will not have the effect the Chutkan-Smith team wants, but just the opposite. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2024-10-03 09:00 |
| #1 Prosecutors request indefinite delay in trial for Trump assassination attempt suspect Ryan Routh |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-10-03 00:56 |