Posted on 09/12/2024 7:40:19 PM PDT by Libloather
Chief prosecutor Jack Smith will soon be forced to reveal his election fraud case against Donald Trump, a criminal defense attorney has told Newsweek.
Keith B. Johnson, an attorney in Augusta, Georgia, said that Smith will have to lay out his case against Trump at a hearing on September 26. That will allow judge Tanya Chutkan to check if the evidence stands, following the Supreme Court's July 1 ruling on presidential immunity.
"The Court gave prosecutors until September 26th to argue that the remaining counts of the superseding indictment do not run afoul of the Supreme Court's July ruling on presidential immunity," Johnson said.
Trump was indicted 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 said the case is part of a political witch hunt.
The July 1 Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity gave Trump broad protection from prosecution.
As a result, Smith went before a grand jury with a new indictment that he believes is compliant with the Supreme Court decision.
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Precisely.
Since Jack Smith knows he was not appointed to his role of “Special Prosecutor” by Congress, he should be made to pay back all monies he received during his scam, staff costs, court costs and then fined & disbarred.
Nah, just drop him off in Teheran wearing a Gay Pride outfit. They will, umm, welcome him.
This is maybe the final Lawfare before the election. Why do you think an anti-Trump judge and a far left prosecutor set the hearing date for before the election?
This is Smith’s case and will be filled with innuendo and lies about Trump. It isn’t Trump’s evidence. So the NYT and the rest of the tired old media will trumpet and talk about nothing else before November 5.
They can’t have a court trial before the election. So they will have a media trial that contains only one side of the evidence.
Nothing should be left for his wife and any kids.
Judge Cannon ruled that Jack Smith does not exist.
He will have to resolve that question first.
He’s only a Chief Prosecutor in his pea-sized brain.
By who? Biden is still the titular President, and America's KGB exists outside of America's Government and is a force all its own.
Why? Only $35 million of taxpayer money was wasted on this farce. Smith should start paying it back—out of his own pocket.
I agree.
I agree. Smith is a phony based on what I see.
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