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The judge overseeing Donald Trump's federal election interference case, in an order late Thursday, denied the former president's last-minute request to block the release of additional evidence gathered by special counsel Jack Smith.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said that the court will unseal, on Friday, the redacted appendix from the immunity motion filed earlier this month by Smith that included new details about Trump and his allies' actions leading up to the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol.

In ruling that the evidence would be publicly released, Chutkan pushed back on Trump's argument that the release was politically motivated to influence the 2024 presidential election.

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[-] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 91 points 3 days ago

I feel that direct video evidence of Trump partying it up with Epstein would still be rejected by his worshippers.

[-] Magister@lemmy.world 51 points 3 days ago

He said it himself years ago, he could shot someone on 5th avenue and still be praised like an idol, he's like Homelander in S3 final https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWAKlnR6MLs

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago

Probably. But he needs more than the MAGA faithful to get elected.

It really annoys me that I have to keep explaining this.

[-] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago

i would pay money to see @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world just go off on someone

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago

I don't. I just get more and more sarcastic until my eyes roll back into my head and shoot into my brain and kill me.

Seriously though, since becoming a parent I almost never truly lose my temper.

[-] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago

i know, that's why it would be worth a price of admission to see

[-] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

After cleaning your first blowout nothing seems so bad does it

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

My daughter didn't shit for like 3 days after she was born and I was getting worried. Then one day, I was holding her out on the balcony and suddenly my hand was all wet. It all came out at once and a diaper was nowhere near enough.

It definitely puts what you've had to deal with in life so far in perspective.

And I'm a man. I imagine pushing that thing out of you does the same... although my wife is still pretty good at losing her temper.

[-] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 3 points 3 days ago

Kids do change many people. I think the last time I truly lost my temper I realized what a bad example I was being and haven't really freaked out like that since.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I lost my temper at my wife a while back. And for good reason. I almost never make a true request of her like I really need her to do something on a high level of importance that had to do with my mental health and she basically blew it off a couple of times. I was pissed off to the point of packing a bag and leaving.

But that's really rare.

[-] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Look at the polls - 49% ARE the faithful

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

No. Voting for someone is not the same as being faithful to him. You are making the same error his supporters made in 2020 when they said everyone who voted for Biden loved him.

[-] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 2 points 3 days ago

I know it will take more than that to put him back in, but the faithful feed the ignorant.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

It will take a lot more than that. MAGA faithful are less than 30% of the country. Every new detail about how awful Trump is shaves another few voters away. And it's only going to take a few.

[-] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 4 points 3 days ago

Thanks for the perspective. I want to agree with you. Pessimistically, I feel like I'm watching a train wreck. My family is reducing their voting to single issue so they don't have to feel guilty about who they are voting for. I have to imagine that there will be many Republicans that choose not to vote because they can't bring themselves to vote for either.

[-] Linktank@lemmy.today 20 points 3 days ago

They cannot be saved or forgiven at this point.

[-] Admax@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Can anyone explain to me what makes this trial "special"?

As in: In what kind of trial do you have to UNSEAL evidences ?

Should they not all be brought up to the court as soon as they are available to have a fair trial ? Why is the defendant even able to ask for the evidence to not be used ? I'm struggeling to make sens of this…

[-] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 31 points 3 days ago

An accused can request that evidence against them be sealed for lots of reasons. Usually because it might prejudice public opinion before guilt has been established in court. In this case, Trump’s attorneys argued that releasing the information to the public could interfere with the election. The judge’s response was that not releasing it simply because it might affect the election would itself represent interference by the court.

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The judge’s response was that not releasing it simply because it might affect the election would itself represent interference by the court.

Delaying/hiding important information interfering with an election? Who would have thought! Oh wait wasn't he also convicted in civil court for... paying to hide information and trying to cover it up?

Clearly he knows the importance of information and how it can interfere with an election including not releases it.

[-] Admax@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Thank you for your explanation !

It feels a bit silly to have evidences kept away when they could speed up the process, or even change the very outcome of it…

Also glad that the judge is not a morron can see how it would be important for the elections.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago
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