In a court brief, special counsel Jack Smith expresses worries about possible juror prejudice in the case involving Trump’s alleged election tampering.
Smith said in a court filing in Washington, DC, that Trump’s “daily extrajudicial statements could threaten to prejudice the jury pool” in his case.
“The allegation arose in a court fight that remains largely under seal, so additional details are not public. The brief reference to Trump’s statements affecting the jury pool at the Washington, DC, courthouse came in a public filing in the federal criminal case,” CNN reported.
The source also said: “Smith’s office has been sparring with Trump’s team over how much of the underlying sealed dispute should be made public. Prosecutors tried earlier Tuesday to file court documents partially under seal – and partially on the public docket. But Trump’s team argued that the filings should not be posted to the court’s public docket until they have 14 days to respond – the amount of time set out by default court rules.”
Smith’s team responded: “Such a requirement would grind litigation in this case to a halt, which is particularly infeasible given the pressing matters before the Court — including the defendant’s daily extrajudicial statements that threaten to prejudice the jury pool in this case, as described in the Government’s motion.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has requested that both sides file more legal filings. The uploading of the Smith submission on the docket is the main point of discussion. According to CNN, prosecutors must submit a response brief by September 13 and the deadline for Trump’s brief is September 11.
She said that any side might reveal secrets in their briefs.
Wonderful news! The trial will officially begin on March 4, 2024, according to Chutkan. Trump’s lawyers first intended to postpone the proceedings until following the 2025 presidential election, but the court had other ideas. Prepare yourself for an exciting courtroom drama!
As criminal charges are brought against Trump by Smith for his alleged involvement in the Capitol incident, legal professionals from all political perspectives are uniting to defend him.
Jonathan Turley, a professor at Georgetown Law School, cautions that the Biden administration’s unrelenting pursuit of Trump is losing support from an increasing number of Americans who increasingly perceive these prosecutions as simply political in nature.
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“This is a free speech-killing indictment. There’s no way around it. I write a great deal in academia in the free-speech area, and I have rarely seen a more chilling filing by the Department of Justice,” Turley said.
“The question that people have to ask themselves is, when is the price too high? People are enraged, but what is the price too high to bag Donald Trump? This indictment is a prohibitive cost. Meaning what they are attempting to do is criminalize what they consider to be disinformation,” he added.
“And I have to tell you, this indictment is a really sad moment for me. I hoped that Smith is going to indict on January 6th, that he would find unassailable evidence and unquestioned legal authority. He has neither in this indictment,” Turley added.
“This is a speaking indictment but it doesn’t say very much. It just says that we think Trump is lying and that he didn’t believe this. I can’t tell you how faciously ridiculous this claim is. It starts by saying, of course, you can say false things in the campaign, but then says that Trump knew they were false. Is that the test going forward in terms of criminalizing political speech?” The well-known liberal Turley continued.
“Smith is just not only going to have to just bulldoze through the First Amendment, he’s going to have to bulldoze through a line of cases by the Supreme Court,” he said.
