THEY DO EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING IN THE GET TRUMP PROSECUTIONS.
Posted on 12/27/2023 9:02:03 AM PST by cotton1706
WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith asked a judge on Wednesday to bar Donald Trump's lawyers from injecting politics into the former president's trial on charges that he schemed to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Smith's office told U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in a 20-page filing that Trump's lawyers should be prevented from “raising irrelevant political issues or arguments in front of the jury,” including that the prosecution against him is vindictive and selective or was coordinated by President Joe Biden.
“In addition to being wrong, these allegations are irrelevant to the jury’s determination of the defendant’s guilt or innocence, would be prejudicial if presented to the jury, and must be excluded,” prosecutors wrote.
The motion to preclude Trump from introducing broad categories of arguments is a way for prosecutors to try to set parameters on what information they believe the jury should, or should not, hear when the case reaches trial. It was filed as the case is effectively on hold during an appeal of the former president's claims that he is immune from prosecution for acts taken while in the White House.
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“This guy is a complete moron! Elections are ONLY about politics.”
These people do not think very deeply.
No Fighting in the War Room...
Wow... that sounds like the kind of headline AP loves to sneak in.
Thought this was the Bee...
“injecting” politics into the trial? How is that possible when the entire thing has been about politics from the very start?
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