Post by Bradley K. Sherman| U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has made public a key
| filing from special counsel Jack Smith that includes
| evidence compiled in his investigation into former
| President Donald Trump's alleged efforts to subvert the
| transfer of presidential power after the 2020 election.
| ...
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Politics
Key takeaways from special counsel Jack Smith's major filing in Trump's
2020 election case
By Melissa Quinn, Robert Legare
Washington — U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has made public a key
filing from special counsel Jack Smith that includes evidence compiled
in his investigation into former President Donald Trump's alleged
efforts to subvert the transfer of presidential power after the 2020
election.
The highly anticipated 165-page filing provides the most comprehensive
look at the evidence federal prosecutors have amassed in their case,
which was upended by the Supreme Court's July decision finding Trump is
entitled to some level of immunity from federal charges.
In the new brief, prosecutors argued that Trump's conduct was private in
nature and therefore not covered by immunity. They reiterated the
allegations against Trump and revealed new insights into the mountains
of evidence they have collected over the course of the case.
The filing described how Trump and his aides allegedly planned to
challenge the election results far in advance of Election Day and
pressured Vice President Mike Pence to reject Electoral College votes on
Jan. 6, 2021. In one striking passage, prosecutors said Trump replied,
"So what?" when he was told that Pence could be in danger at the
Capitol.
"When the defendant lost the 2020 presidential election, he resorted to
crimes to try to stay in office," Smith and his team wrote.
What the new filing says
The filing from Smith is divided into four parts. The first part lays
out the evidence against Trump, including information that was included
in the indictment against him. The second section details the legal
issues surrounding presidential immunity, followed by a section that
"establishes that nothing the Government intends to present to the jury
is protected by presidential immunity." The final portion details what
the government is asking the court to do, namely to rule that Trump must
stand trial.
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