{"id":2015815,"date":"2023-08-29T17:01:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T21:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-dc-judge-rushes-gargantuan-trump-case-to-trial\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T17:04:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T21:04:25","slug":"analysis-dc-judge-rushes-gargantuan-trump-case-to-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-dc-judge-rushes-gargantuan-trump-case-to-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"DC Judge Fast-Tracks &#8216;Huge&#8217; Trump Case to Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanalysis-dc-judge-rushes-gargantuan-trump-case-to-trial%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2015815&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>News Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>Federal District\u200b Judge Tanya \u2064Chutkan has set a particularly tight trial date in the District of Columbia case against former President Donald Trump, according\u200c to several lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>The case targeting President Trump\u2019s efforts\u200c to challenge the 2020 election results should\u200d go to trial on March\u200c 4, the judge ruled on Aug. 28. That\u2019s two \u200bmonths\u200b later than proposed by the prosecutors with special counsel Jack Smith, \u200bbut more\u2064 than two years\u2062 earlier than the \u200ddefense asked for.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutors \u2063argued \u2062that there\u2019s an \u201cexceedingly and\u200d unprecedentedly strong\u201d public interest\u2062 in speedily \u200dresolving the case, but \u2063also \u2063acknowledged\u2062 that \u201cthere&#8217;s also a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-wont-unseal-the-mar-a-lago-affidavit-but-its-a-safe-bet-the-fbi-followed-its-depraved-fisa-court-m-o-2\/\" title=\"Judge Won\u2019t Unseal The Mar-a-Lago Affidavit, But It\u2019s A Safe Bet The FBI Followed Its Depraved FISA Court M.O.\">strong public interest<\/a> in \u200ca\u200b fair trial,\u201d which \u200bincludes giving the defense enough time to prepare.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/3-trump-associates-in-fulton-county-election-case-plead-not-guilty-5482662\">3 Trump \u2062Associates\u200b in Fulton County Election Case\u200c Plead Not Guilty<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/29\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/republicans-say-trump-trial-date-before-super-tuesday-is-blatant-election-interference-5482568\">Republicans Say Trump \u200bTrial Date Before Super Tuesday \u2062Is\u2063 &#8216;Blatant&#8217; Election Interference<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/29\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt is certainly an aggressive timeframe. I \u200ddid\u200c not\u2063 think she was \u2063going to set a trial\u200b date that soon,\u201d John Malcolm, a former federal \u200dprosecutor now vice president of The Institute \u200bfor\u2062 Constitutional Government, commented to The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>Leslie McAdoo Gordon,\u2063 a defense attorney and legal analyst,\u2063 called the schedule for the trial \u200cand\u2064 pre-trial proceedings \u201cdisgraceful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese dates are patently ridiculous \u200c&#038; constitute a\u200d violation of his 6th\u2063 Amendment \u2062right to the effective assistance of\u200b counsel,\u201d she\u200d said\u200c in an X\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McAdooGordon\/status\/1696331740376117527\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The case, brought by Mr. Smith on Aug. 1, alleges that \u200cPresident Trump didn\u2019t genuinely believe that the 2020\u2062 election was stolen from him and that his attempts to challenge the results constituted several crimes,\u200b including a conspiracy to obstruct\u2063 the collection and \u2063counting of electoral votes as \u200cwell as\u200d a conspiracy against Americans\u2019 right to vote.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump\u2019s\u2063 lawyers \u200cargued they needed\u2062 years to prepare for the trial to review the nearly 13 million \u2064documents and\u200b files handed to them by the prosecutors as part of the discovery \u200cprocess.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only do \u2063we have \u200cto review \u2063this material, we have to absorb it,\u201d President\u2062 Trump\u2019s lawyer John Lauro said during an Aug. 28 court\u200c hearing, shortly before\u200b the judge made her decision.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2062 addition, the defense plans to challenge the\u2062 charges from multiple\u200d angles.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyers believe that President Trump acted \u201cwithin the outer \u2064perimeter\u201d of his\u200d duties when he challenged the\u200d election results and \u2063is thus protected from prosecution \u200bby executive immunity. They also plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-dc-judge-rushes-gargantuan-trump-case-to-trial\/\" title=\"DC Judge Fast-Tracks 'Huge' Trump Case to Trial\">allege selective\u2063 prosecution based<\/a> on the fact that the charges were produced by the Biden administration and \u2062President Joe Biden is running for reelection against President Trump. They also argue that Mr.\u2064 Smith is \u2063using criminal laws \u200bin a novel\u200c way that may \u200dnot be permissible, Mr. Lauro outlined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is one \u200cof the most unique \u200ccases\u2062 from\u2063 a legal perspective\u2063 ever brought in the history of the United States,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Particularly the executive immunity argument will \u2063\u201chave \u2062to be litigated likely through the appellate process, \u2062potentially up to the \u2063Supreme Court,\u201d Will Scharf, a former federal prosecutor, told\u200d The\u200b Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<h2>New Info or Not?<\/h2>\n<p>The prosecutors\u200b tried to downplay\u200b the volume of \u200cthe discovery, \u200bexplaining that almost 8 million pages of the material were duplicative or \u200bwere available to President Trump\u2063 before the\u200d charges were filed, including documents\u2064 from the National Archives, from his 2020 \u2062campaign and political \u2062action committees as well\u200d as public \u200dmaterials, such as those produced by the congressional January \u200b6 committee.<\/p>\n<p>The judge signed on the\u200d argument, noting that \u201cthat&#8217;s not brand-new\u200b information\u201d to \u2064the defense.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Lauro disagreed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">criminal defense lawyer<\/a>, \u200dit&#8217;s brand-new information,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be a miscarriage of justice if a lawyer were expected to absorb\u2064 all the information that\u200c a client already knew and\u200c not look at \u200bit anew and not look at it from the perspective of a criminal defense,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Lauro also pointed out that he was\u200d only hired a\u200d month and half ago.<\/p>\n<p>The judge argued, however, \u200bthat other lawyers of President Trump\u2019s have likely already reviewed the materials.<\/p>\n<p>She\u200c acknowledged that defendants\u2062 have no obligation to prepare for\u2063 a trial before any charges are filed, but\u2063 noted that a \u201cgood \u2063defense attorney\u201d would do so.<\/p>\n<h2>Review How?<\/h2>\n<p>About 5\u2062 million\u2064 pages fall to the category of\u200b documents\u2064 the prosecutors are \u201creally\u200c taking about\u201d as information\u200c that wasn\u2019t already available\u200c to President Trump\u2019s team,\u200c said Assistant\u2063 U.S. Attorney Molly Gaston during \u2062the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Even that would amount to more than 25,000 pages the defense would have to review every \u2062day before\u2064 the trial.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s difficult \u2064to gauge the time needed to review the documents, Mr. Malcolm pointed out, without knowing \u200b\u201cthe nature of\u2062 the\u2062 evidence.\u201d\u200b Reviewing one full page of text\u2062 is\u200d much\u2063 different than reviewing a page that only contains a few short email or text messages.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutors didn\u2019t\u2064 go into \u200call such\u200d details.\u2064 They mentioned over 58,000 \u2063pages come witness interview files, including transcripts.<\/p>\n<p>In an Aug. 21 court filing\u200c on the\u2064 matter, they \u2063argued it\u2019s a \u201cfaulty assertion that it is necessary \u2064for a lawyer to conduct a \u2064page-by-page review of discovery for a defendant to receive \u200ca fair trial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Malcolm\u2063 disagreed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you provide it to a defense attorney as part of discovery then a defense lawyer has to\u2062 review it and he\u2019s got to be able to talk to his client about it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Scharf \u2062concurred.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf \u200bthey\u2019re turning over \u2063all of \u200bthat information, they\u2064 see some relevance\u200d in all\u2062 of those documents. Presumably, the defense might as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal District Judge Tanya Chutkan has scheduled a swift trial date for the case against former President Donald Trump in the District of Columbia. Lawyers report that the trial, focused on Trump&#8217;s election result challenges, is set to begin on March 4, just two months after the judge&#8217;s ruling on Aug. 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":2015816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2015815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2015815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2015816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2015815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2015815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}