DC - Former President Donald Trump indicted, 4 federal counts in 2020 election interference, 1 Aug 2023, Trial 4 Mar 2024

[JerseyGirl]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/21/politics/trump-twitter-special-counsel-unsealing/index.html

Media organizations seek release of more court filings linked to special counsel Jack Smith’s search warrant for Trump’s Twitter account​

The news outlets are asking for the court to unseal the materials that prosecutors filed when applying in January for the warrant, which was sought as part of Smith’s 2020 election subversion investigation.

Twitter – which has since been rebranded as X – did not object to the warrant itself, according to filings from appeals court proceedings in the dispute that were unsealed earlier this month, but fought against an order barring the platform from telling Trump about the warrant.

The new request from the media organizations is also seeking for the unsealing of the underlying docket in the district court case – which remains inaccessible to the public – and for the release of court filings or orders that sought for or permitted for the case to be sealed, as well as “all other judicial records, including any audio recordings of any hearings, as to which there is no longer a compelling need for secrecy.”

 

[SouthAussie]

Thanks! Trump is still going to have to pay his attorneys to review all that discovery. I'm looking forward to the Judge's decision!

JMO

I think that we will find that DT will not spend one cent of his billions on attorneys.

His small (and other) donators will pay his legal expenses. Then if he becomes the Republican presidential nominee, he will get financial support from the Republican party.

Spiraling Legal Bills Threaten Trump With a Cash Crunch


And Republican lawyers are rapidly changing from donating to DT's PACs to donating to DeSantis' election campaigns.

Trump Has a Long Track Record With Lawyers. They’d Rather See DeSantis as President

 

[MyBelle]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/21/politics/trump-twitter-special-counsel-unsealing/index.html

Media organizations seek release of more court filings linked to special counsel Jack Smith’s search warrant for Trump’s Twitter account​

The news outlets are asking for the court to unseal the materials that prosecutors filed when applying in January for the warrant, which was sought as part of Smith’s 2020 election subversion investigation.

Twitter – which has since been rebranded as X – did not object to the warrant itself, according to filings from appeals court proceedings in the dispute that were unsealed earlier this month, but fought against an order barring the platform from telling Trump about the warrant.

The new request from the media organizations is also seeking for the unsealing of the underlying docket in the district court case – which remains inaccessible to the public – and for the release of court filings or orders that sought for or permitted for the case to be sealed, as well as “all other judicial records, including any audio recordings of any hearings, as to which there is no longer a compelling need for secrecy.”

Wow! I applaud their effort! Trump has already been indicted and the press--and the public--does have a right to see the information Smith doesn't want us to see.

JMO

 

[MyBelle]

I think that we will find that DT will not spend one cent of his billions on attorneys.

His small (and other) donators will pay his legal expenses. Then if he becomes the Republican presidential nominee, he will get financial support from the Republican party.

Spiraling Legal Bills Threaten Trump With a Cash Crunch


And Republican lawyers are rapidly changing from donating to DT's PACs to donating to DeSantis' election campaigns.

Trump Has a Long Track Record With Lawyers. They’d Rather See DeSantis as President

The only lawyers I know are all Democrats. lol.

That said, Trump's lawyers will expect to be paid. How they will be paid, I have no idea.

JMO

 

[Arkay]

I think for some people, Trump gives them a green light to be their worst selves and to them, it feels good. It makes them feel better to insult, humiliate, hate other people. Trump doesn't act the way most politicians do - he swears, he criticizes, he mocks, etc which manipulates people into believing he's 'just telling it like it is'. Every so often though, there is a slip to show it's a facade like "I love the poorly educated"

Very, very true, IMO.

The Trump we New Yorkers had grown accustomed to out and about in NYC.

That facade slip—-he is so transparent.

It’s easy to tell how Trump feels about his worshippers. Just look around Mar-A-Lago. You won’t be finding any of his supporters there, except the rich Palm Beach crowd.

He certainly does give tacit permission for people to act their worst, because he doesn’t have the discipline to watch what he says, and now they don’t feel the need for self-control, either.

Despicable things that would get anybody else canceled, such as mocking the reporter with cerebral palsy or him saying that the neo-Nazis are “fine” people—— he is disgusting and IMO gives ammunition to those who hate America.

JMO

 

[kaen]

Very, very true, IMO.

The Trump we New Yorkers had grown accustomed to out and about in NYC.

That facade slip—-he is so transparent.

It’s easy to tell how Trump feels about his worshippers. Just look around Mar-A-Lago. You won’t be finding any of his supporters there, except the rich Palm Beach crowd.

He certainly does give tacit permission for people to act their worst, because he doesn’t have the discipline to watch what he says, and now they don’t feel the need for self-control, either.

Despicable things that would get anybody else canceled, such as mocking the reporter with cerebral palsy or him saying that the neo-Nazis are “fine” people—— he is disgusting and IMO gives ammunition to those who hate America.

JMO

He makes his world by exclusion and isolation. He does not belong to other clubs because they don't want him and he knows it so he makes his own. When his kids were little, I ran into him at a charity event. He could not tolerate the conversation being anything but the big contribution he was giving or his own ideas on making the charity more like his Trump Org. He did not donate despite talking a big ball game. He kept the attention on himself AND his kids. It was the last I saw of him in the town or at fundraising events in the town.

The ire of his supporters is focused on the idea of not belonging and creating an alternate narrative. He knows how to exploit that to the max.

JMHO.

 

[Niner]

Monday, August 28th:
*Status Conference Hearing (@ 10am ET) - DC – Donald John Trump has been indicted & charged (8/1/23) & arraigned (8/3/23) with four counts re 2020 election: conspiracy to defraud the United States "by using dishonesty, fraud & deceit to obstruct the nation’s process of collecting, counting & certifying the results of the presidential election"; conspiracy to impede the Jan. 6 congressional proceeding; a conspiracy against the right to vote & to have that vote counted; and obstruction of, and attempt to obstruct & impede, the certification of the electoral vote. Plead not guilty. Conditions of release: agreed to by both sides. No violations of federal law. Must appear in court as required. Must sign appearance bond. Shall not communicate about the facts of the case to any individual known to the defendant to be a witness except through attorneys. Case #23-cr-00257, US District Court, District of Columbia (Washington, DC)
Five of the six alleged co-conspirators, based on details provided in transcripts of testimony to the Jan. 6 Committee and other records, appear to be: longtime Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani; lawyer John Eastman, who helped architect the "fake electors scheme"; attorney Sidney Powell, who helped lead Trump's post-campaign legal efforts; former Justice Dept. official Jeffrey Clark, whom Trump considered making his attorney general; and Kenneth Chesebro, another attorney pushing the "fake electors scheme." It is not clear who co-conspirator 6 is.
Trump's alleged role in the attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021, when a mob of his supporters stormed the building in an effort to stop the confirmation of President Joe Biden's election victory, is under scrutiny from several federal government bodies. The most visible has been a congressional committee that spent 18 months looking into Trump's actions. They held a series of televised hearings laying out their case that his election fraud claims led directly to the riot. Following these hearings, the committee accused Trump of inciting insurrection & other crimes.
Defense attorneys: John Lauro & Todd Blanche. Prosecution: Tom Windom & Molly Gaston.
Magistrate Judge Moxila A. Upadhyaya / District Judge Tanya Chutkan
Jury selection set to begin on 12/11/23 & trial set to begin on 1/2/24.
Case info from 3/25/23 thru 8/8/23 reference post #748 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...l-jan-6-investigation-aug-2023.686121/page-38
8/9/23 Update: Judge Chutkan: Minute Order: The court hereby schedules a hearing on the parties' respective protective order proposals on 8/11/23 @ 10am. The requirement of defendant's appearance is waived for this hearing.
8/10/23 Update: Court’s schedule & availability. September 25, 2023: Rule 12 & other dispositive motions; October 16, 2023: Oppositions to Rule 12 & other dispositive motions; October 25, 2023: Replies in Support of Rule 12 & other dispositive motions; TBD: Motions Hearing; November 13, 2023: Motions in Limine; November 27, 2023: Oppositions to Motions in Limine; December 4, 2023: Replies in Support of Motions in Limine; December 8, 2023: Final Pretrial Conference; December 11, 2023: Jury Selection; January 2, 2024: Trial.
8/11/23 Update: Trump's criminal case over his attempts to stay in power after losing the 2020 election hit an important benchmark to move forward on Friday, as a federal judge laid down the ground rules for handling evidence before trial. In doing so, U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan said she carefully balanced Trump's constitutional rights with other considerations for guaranteeing a fair trial & untainted jury pool. After oral arguments on Friday, Chutkan opted for an important part of the defense's model & rejected the government's proposed prohibitions on disseminating "non-sensitive" materials. However, Chutkan designated all witness interviews as "sensitive." "You start releasing interview transcripts, what do you think is going to happen to those witnesses?" she pointedly asked Trump's attorney John Lauro. Judge Chutkan defined the pool of people who can view sensitive evidence narrowly, rejecting a proposal by Trump's defense team to let consultants & unpaid volunteers view the material. "Mr. Trump, like every American, has a First Amendment right to free speech, but that right is not absolute," Chutkan noted at the start of the proceedings. The judge's order resolves a controversy between Trump's attorneys & Special Counsel Jack Smith's prosecutors over the scope of a protective order, which restricts the sharing of evidence before trial. Such orders are routinely imposed in criminal cases, in order to prevent witness intimidation, tainting a jury pool & litigating a case in the press. “What the defendant is currently doing — the fact that he’s running a political campaign has to yield to the orderly administration of justice," Chutkan told Trump's attorney John Lauro. "If that means he can’t say exactly what he wants to say about witnesses in this case, that’s how it has to be.” Revisiting the point later, she said: "I intend to keep politics out of this." Violations of a protective order could be punished by contempt of court, which could theoretically lead to jail. Chutkan noted that nobody has filed a motion for contempt, but she ended the proceedings on a note of stern warning about out-of-court "inflammatory" statements. She noted that "even arguably ambiguous by parties or their counsel" could threaten the process. "I will take whatever measures are necessary to safeguard the integrity of these proceedings," Chutkan warned in her final line, before adjourning the proceedings. The federal judge ruled that Trump can't have his phone with him while reviewing documents in the case to keep him from copying evidence. The court will hold a hearing pursuant to CIPA Section 2 during the status conference currently scheduled on 8/28/23 @ 10am.
Post #756- Link: DC - Former President Donald Trump indicted, 4 federal counts in 2020 election interference, 1 Aug 2023
8/15/23 Update: As part of a criminal investigation into Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election, a federal judge asked if the company formerly known as Twitter was trying to "cozy up" to the ex-president by refusing to hand over data related to his account. According to a court transcript that was made public Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell grilled Twitter's legal team during a hearing Feb. 7 over its delay in delivering the materials to special counsel Jack Smith, who had a search warrant for Trump's Twitter account.
8/17/23 Update: Defense files Response in Opposition to Government's proposed trial calendar. Requests the Court place this case on April, 2026 trial calendar. Also requests the Court schedule this case to begin on the April 2026 trial calendar, with the following interim control dates: Week of December 4, 2023: Discovery Status Conference & Motions Hearing; Week of April 15, 2024: Discovery Status Conference & Motions Hearing; Week of August 5, 2024: Discovery Status Conference & Motions Hearing; August 1, 2024: Rule 12 & Other Dispositive Motions Due; August 22, 2024: Oppositions to Rule 12 & Other Dispositive Motions Due; September 5, 2024: Replies in Support of Rule 12 & Other Dispositive Motions Due; Week of December 2, 2024: Discovery Status Conference & Motions Hearing; Week of April 7, 2025: Discovery Status Conference & Motions Hearing; Week of August 4, 2025: Discovery Status Conference & Motions Hearing; Week of December 1, 2025: Discovery Status Conference & Motions Hearing; January 29, 2026: Motions in Limine Due; February 12, 2026: Oppositions to Motions in Limine Due; February 19, 2026: Replies in Support of Motions in Limine Due; Week of March 2, 2026: Motions Hearing; Week of March 23, 2026: Final Pretrial Conference & April 2026: Jury Selection & Trial.
8/21/23 Update: Special Counsel Jack Smith filed Government's reply to Defendants response in opposition to Government's proposed trial calendar. For more info see link:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148.32.0_1.pdf

 

[Niner]

All hearings updated here:

https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/trumps-upcoming-hearings-trials.686987/

 

[BritsKate]

A couple of media folks in the courtrooms...

DC J6 Status Conference: Adam Klasfeld
Allison Gill (MuellerSheWrote)

GA Meadows Removal Case: Anna Bower
Katie Phang
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No cameras in court. No electronic devices in court. And likely no orders from the bench so buckle up because it's going to be a frustrating waiting game. JMO

 

[legalmomma]

Trump’s High-Stakes Negotiation: DC Federal Judge Braces for Hearing on Trial Date

The former president's attorneys and Special Counsel Jack Smith’s prosecutors meet for a hearing Monday morning

themessenger.com

Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys and Special Counsel Jack Smith’s prosecutors have laid down ambitious markers for a prospective trial date before their next hearing on Monday morning.

If the government prevails, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan can have the parties ringing in the new year with a trial on Trump’s election-interference trial on Jan 2, 2024, just four days shy of the anniversary of the U.S. Capitol insurrection and less than two weeks before the start of the voting in the Republican presidential primary.

Trump’s defense attorneys Christopher Kise and Todd Blanche want the judge to put his reckoning on ice until April 2026, more than two and a half years. They justified that request on the government’s massive discovery haul: 11.5 million pages of it, a stack of paper they said would dwarf the Statue of Liberty and Washington Monument many times over.

...

Neither side likely expects their date will be chosen. But for both, victory will be measured through the proximity the judge lands on their proposal, legal experts say....

 

[Inthedetails]

A couple of media folks in the courtrooms...

DC J6 Status Conference: Adam Klasfeld
Allison Gill (MuellerSheWrote)

GA Meadows Removal Case: Anna Bower
Katie Phang
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No cameras in court. No electronic devices in court. And likely no orders from the bench so buckle up because it's going to be a frustrating waiting game. JMO

It was worth keeping my account on Twitter/X to be able to keep up with these cases. imo

 

[Inthedetails]

It's underway!

Kyle Cheney

@kyledcheney
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1m

CHUTKAN says Trump's personal and professional schedule has no bearing on timing of trial. She compares it to a professional athlete facing trial. She said it would be "inappropriate" to set a trial date to accommodate that person's professional schedule.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1696163118785745193

 

[BritsKate]

Chutkan: “Delay is not an uncommon defense tactic.”

 

[Inthedetails]

https://twitter.com/kyledcheney
Kyle Cheney
https://twitter.com/kyledcheney
@kyledcheney
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2m

CHUTKAN agrees with special counsel that Trump's team presented skewed statistics about the median length of time between arraignment and trial. She also says SCOTUS precedent makes clear there's no correlation between length of DOJ invesigation and time defense needs to prepare

https://twitter.com/x/status/1696164452847014079

 

[BritsKate]

The prosecuting team has done SO much work for Trump's lawyers it's unreal (and very indicative that they want this case tried yesterday).

JMO

 

[BritsKate]

I'm predicting summer 2024 based on what Chutkan has said so far if she does buy the prosecutor's hard to argue claim that the public has a right to this being ajudicated prior to the election.

 

[Inthedetails]

I'm predicting summer 2024 based on what Chutkan has said so far if she does buy the prosecutor's hard to argue claim that the public has a right to this being ajudicated prior to the election.

This person from the public (me!) wants it held before the election, yes.

jmo

 

[BritsKate]

Chutkan advises Lauro (Trump's attorney) to take the temperature down after he's raised his voice a few times. She astutely points out that Trump as a defendant has access to considerable resources that a standard defendant does not have.

Ken Dilanian (msnbc) just said reading the tea leaves he believes she'll go for spring or summer next year.

 

[browning]

Breaking news!

“I am pleased to report, for those that care, that I just won the Senior Club Championship (must be over 50 years old!) at Bedminster (Trump National Golf Club), shooting a round of 67,” Trump’s post reads.

“Now, some people will think that sounds low, but there is no hanky/lanky. Many people watch, plus I am surrounded by Secret Service Agents. Not much you can do even if you wanted to, and I don’t. For some reason, I am just a good golfer/athlete - I have won many Club Championships, and it is always a great honor!”

 

[BritsKate]

Just to expand on an earlier post - the prosecuting team has compiled and annotated discovery for the defense - including highlighting exculpatory evidence - doing much of their work for them.

All they're required by law to do is turn it over, not organize it.

(And not shocking but I really, truly do not like a single one of Trump's attorneys. Rude, bombastic, hyperbolic, disrespectful to the court and so clearly wanting preferential treatment for their client.) JMO