Legal analyst Sol Wisenberg said Friday on Fox Business that Judge Tanya Chutkan’s written explanation for not withholding special counsel Jack Smith’s evidence against former President Donald Trump was “Orwellian.” Ta.
A U.S. district judge released a redacted set of documents in Smith’s case against Trump, saying she believed it would amount to “election interference” to withhold the materials from the public despite the former president’s objections. He said there was. Weisenberg told the Evening Edit that the “damage” had already been done by releasing Smith’s indictment, and that it would be easier for Chutkan to delay the lawsuit over Trump’s immunity until after the election. He argued that it would have been.
“I think her brief opinion was really Orwellian,” Weisenberg said. “And in fact, the damages had already been awarded by the judge. It would have been easy for her to say, ‘I’m not going to litigate former President Trump’s immunity issue.’ It is necessary to file a lawsuit based on the Supreme Court’s opinion. She should have said, “We have a national election coming up,” and “I’m going to wait until after November to litigate this.” ”
“Rather, what was really upsetting was that she allowed Jack Smith, who has clearly been involved in election interference throughout the prosecution, to submit a 165-page document, a court brief, outlining what the evidence would be. ,” Weisenberg said. Added. “This is a real outrage that happened before the election, and for her to pretend it’s normal is completely ridiculous to someone who is used to the federal system.”
Fox host Elizabeth MacDonald pressed legal analysts on what they think could happen in the case. Weisenberg predicted “nothing” and said Chutkan acted “within the law.” (Related: Trump assassination attempt suspect asks judge to withdraw from case)
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“Nothing happened, so what she did was within the law,” Weisenberg added. “This will have some impact on the election and then they will continue.”
“But Mr. Smith will still have a very hard time showing that much of this conduct is not immune. So it’s not over yet. Of course, if Trump wins the election, he’ll ask the Justice Department to drop the case. We’ll see if the attorney general decides to follow that order,” Weisenberg said.
Mr. Smith filed a motion in September seeking the release of a redacted version of his 165-page brief, citing the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity in the election interference case against Mr. Trump. Prime Minister Chutkan approved the publication of an edited version of the notification on October 2, with less than 35 days left until the election.
Trump’s lawyers opposed his release, arguing that it “represents a frivolous motion for summary judgment in the court of public opinion.” However, the district judge I wrote He said there was “no support” for the claims made by Trump’s lawyers.
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