Two things stood out to me as unusual during Donald Trump’s arraignment after he was indicted in special counsel Jack Smith’s 2020 election interference investigation.
Two things stood out to me as unusual during Donald Trump’s arraignment on Thursday after he was indicted in special counsel Jack Smith’s 2020 election interference investigation.
It is not usual for the magistrate judge to have talked to the assigned district judge — in this case, Judge Tanya Chutkan — to find out what the next date is. What is unusual is to be so focused on the trial date.
