Why prosecutors want a protective order in the criminal case against Trump: CNN’s State of the Union and the “fairness” of the 2020 election
“I’ve always said that Donald Trump was morally responsible for what happened on Jan. 6, and now he’s been charged with criminal conduct in regard to that,” he said.
Christie, a former supporter of Trump who has criticized his attempts to cast doubt on the 2020 election results, believes that jurors can be fair. “I believe in the rationality of the American people and the fact that jurors will listen fairly and impartially.”
Chris Christie is a former federal prosecutor who believes that Trump can get a fair trial in D.C.
President Trump is wrong now. I had no right to overturn the election,” Pence said on CNN’s State of the Union. “The American people deserve to know that President Trump asked me to put him over my oath to the Constitution, but I kept my oath and I always will.”
Other candidates have criticized Trump for his actions in regards to the results of the 2020 election, including his former Vice President Mike Pence.
Trump also said his defense team would request a change of venue and ask that the case be moved outside of Washington, D.C. Lauro previously said they would seek a trial in West Virginia.
The Truth Social Post and the Defendant’s Charges in the U.S. District Court of Columbia’s Tanya Chutkan Case
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, District Judge Tanya Chutkan got her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and later worked for the District of Columbia Public Defender Service and in private practice. She was appointed to the District of Columbia’s U.S. District Court.
Trump said in another social media post on Sunday that his defense team would immediately ask “for recusal of this judge on very powerful grounds,” though he didn’t specify what those grounds would be.
Lauro said it was an attack on the press and it was on George Stephanopoulos. “What the Biden administration is trying to do is to prevent the press from learning about the evidence that the people deserve to know,” she said.
Publicly, though, Lauro made pointed criticisms of the proposed protective order during his appearances on various political TV talk shows Sunday morning.
According to the government attorneys, the proposed protective order is not overly restrictive and that Trump’s legal team can change it at any time during the case.
In their motion for an extension, the attorneys said a few more days would allow them and the Justice Department to “meaningfully confer—and potentially resolve—this dispute without Court intervention.”
Trump’s attorneys requested Judge Chutkan to give them more time to respond to the prosecution’s request, but their request was denied.
The truth social post is the definition of political speech and not aimed at anyone involved in the election case against Trump according to a Trump campaign spokesman.
According to the motion, if the accused were to start releasing public posts using details, it could have a detrimental effect on the witnesses and the fair administration of justice.
In this case, they argue, that is important because Trump has previously made public statements on social media regarding people associated with legal matters pending against him.
The two options proposed in the court filing were to shield only genuinely sensitive materials from public view.
He said that it’s a case-by-case determination by a judge as to whether or not to prohibit dissemination of information as a result of national security concerns.
The Up First Radio Show: An Update on Trump’s Explanation of His Attempt to Overturn the 2019 Presidential Election Election and a Democratic Decree in Niger
The Justice Department charged Trump with four criminal counts related to allegations that he attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, which he lost. Trump pleaded not guilty in federal court last week.
That would bar Trump and his attorneys from improperly using any evidence — which may include sensitive and highly confidential information — that prosecutors share with the defense team before trial.
That could include potential evidence, such as grand jury documents and witness statements, and it may contain personal identifying details and other confidential information.
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A regional bloc called the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) gave coup leaders in Niger an ultimatum: Reinstate the ousted president by Sunday or face military intervention. The deadline has passed, and Niger’s military leaders have cut diplomatic ties with the U.S., Nigeria and France and aligned with leaders in Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea to defend themselves.
The anniversary of Al-Qaeda attacks on the American embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam: Up first briefing: Trump fights protective order; FDA approves postpartum pill
The first pill for postpartum depression has been approved by the FDA. The pill is taken once a day for 14 days, and two studies showed that results appeared in three days or less for many patients. Pricing information for the pill has not been released.
Since 2011, Juneau, Alaska, has seen glacial outburst flooding called jökulhlaup every summer when an ice dam from a nearby mountain releases water downstream. But this year’s flooding has been the worst by far, destroying homes and catching residents off guard. (via KTOO)
The author of this essay isMichel Martin. She’s the new host of Morning Edition. She’s previously hosted Weekend All Things Considered, the Consider This Saturday podcast and Tell Me More.
Today marks the 25th anniversary of al-Qaeda’s bomb attacks on the American embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It was the first time most of us outside the intelligence community had heard of the group, but it obviously would not be the last; 9/11 came three years later.
The East Africa Embassy bombings killed 224 people and injured more than 4500, but I reported on the attack from Nairobi when I was at ABC News, and that’s not what sticks with me.
The school for office workers that used to be on the floor of the office building next to the embassy had bloodied folders on it. Many of them kept the books for family ventures and weddings, especially weddings, which were traditionally large.
Budgets for décor, food and attire were covered in blood or torn by shattered glass, as a stand-in for shattered lives. I was curious about which of these weddings would actually happen. Which families would now have to take these savings and pay for a funeral instead?
DUN DUN! What Is The Law & Order? Or The How Donald Trump Gets His Pretentions from the First Amendment
DUN DUN! The Law & Order sound effect is something Eric Deggans can not get enough of. But he’s more into the short excerpts of the shows that are available on YouTube. He writes that it’s like eating an endless stream of potato chips, with a new scenario offered as you’re bored with the last one. As long as the videos keep on playing, he doesn’t even need to know how the story ends.
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The legal team for the former President Donald Trump is not proposing any restrictions on what can be said about the criminal case against him.
The Justice Department prosecutors’ attempt to restrict the formerpresident’s First Amendment protections was also brought up by Trump’s attorneys.
The government turning over information is one of the initial steps in a prosecution, it helps defense lawyers understand the case against them. Lawyers can use Discovery Evidence to start planning before trial motions to attack the charges or even trial defenses. If the discovery evidence is particularly damning, it can also cause lawyers to advise their clients to plead guilty.