The former president’s lawyers are trying to delay the opening prosecution brief in his election-fraud case.
The judge in Donald Trump’s election-fraud case has rejected the former president’s «sneaky» attempt to delay the case, a former federal prosecutor has said.
Judge Tanya Chutkan allowed chief prosecutor Jack Smith to file an opening brief of 180 pages, over the objections of Trump’s lawyer, who argued that the limit in Washington, D.C., federal court is just 45 pages. In rejecting these on Tuesday, Chutkan complained of the «incoherence» of the Trump position. Newsweek sought email comment from Trump’s attorney on Thursday.
The former president was indicted in Washington, D.C., on four counts of allegedly working to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the run-up to the January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol. The Republican presidential nominee has pleaded not guilty and has repeatedly said the case is part of a political witch hunt. The opening brief will set out the evidence that prosecutors have against him.
Former federal prosecutor, Joyce Vance, wrote in her legal blog, Civil Discourse, on Wednesday that Chutkan had quickly shot down Trump’s arguments.
«Trump’s lawyers may have thought this was a good, sneaky strategy for delaying the process, but Judge Chutkan was unimpressed», wrote Vance, a liberal commentator who has been a frequent Trump critic.
