Federal District Judge Tanya Chutkan has ruled for the release of the appendix to Special Counsel Jack Smith's motion that argues that the case against Trump for the January 6 can be unsealed and made public. The prospect of having the details of his attempted insurrection released has the Malignant Loser and his lawyers very worried. Judge Tanya Chutkan earlier had slapped down their request for a stay until November 14, which Chutkan denied in a five- page decision. Joyce Vance discusses the situation on Substack:
"Donald Trump didn’t want Judge Tanya Chutkan to publicly release the appendix Special Counsel Jack Smith attached to his motion arguing that all of the charges against Trump could move forward despite the Supreme Court’s ruling in the immunity appeal. The appendix contains the evidence that Smith argues is admissible to support the charges against Trump. [snip]
Chutkan ruled last week that she would make the appendix public—there’s a strong presumption that materials filed in a criminal case should be made public. But she gave Trump time to review his options. That period of time came to a close today when Trump filed a request that she delay her stay just 'briefly' until November 14, which happens to fall conveniently after the election.
Judge Chutkan’s response didn’t take long. She denied Trump’s request [Thursday] evening in a five-page order."
So we wait for the appendix to be released today. Stay tuned.
UPDATE: From CBS News:
"The judge overseeing President Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case released more evidence collected by special counsel Jack Smith on Friday, unveiling an enormous batch of heavily redacted records.
The 1,889 pages of material, which Trump's legal team had sought to keep under wraps, constitute four volumes of an appendix that Smith's prosecutors filed alongside a motion over presidential immunity that was unveiled earlier this month. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the case, ordered the unsealing of the redacted appendix last week, but delayed the release to give Trump time to contest her decision.
The new documents include transcripts of court hearings, interviews and speeches related to the case, as well as additional source material. Smith had indicated that much of the appendix contains sensitive information that should stay hidden from the public, and the released version contains hundreds of pages that remain under seal. That evidence, subject to a protective order issued at the start of the case last year, likely includes transcripts of testimony before a grand jury and FBI interviews." (our emphasis)
We'll have to await the analysis of the legal experts that are poring over this tome, redacted extensively as it is.
