Judge to Unseal Additional Filings from Jan. 6 Case as Trump Signals Challenge

October 11, 2024 Admin

The Hill

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan agreed Thursday to unseal additional filings from special counsel Jack Smith laying out his election interference case against former President Trump, something Trump’s attorneys signaled they plan to challenge.

Chutkan agreed to a request from Smith to unseal exhibits that accompany his 180-page brief asserting that prosecutors can still bring much of their Jan. 6 case against Trump in the wake of a Supreme Court decision granting former presidents broad criminal immunity.

Smith argues Trump’s efforts to thwart the transfer of power were the unlawful actions of a private citizen, not of a president.