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'The court cannot accept Defendant's alternate narrative': Judge rejects Trump's claims of selective and vindictive pros
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/the-court-cannot-accept-defendants-alternate-narrative-judge-rejects-trumps-claims-of-selective-and-vindictive-prosecution-in-jan-6-election-subversion-case/The court cannot accept Defendants alternate narrative: Judge rejects Trumps claims of selective and vindictive prosecution in Jan. 6 election subversion case
ALBERTO LUPERON
Aug 4th, 2024, 11:13 am
[...]
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote in a 16-page memorandum opinion filed Saturday that Trump improperly reframed the allegations against him and mispresented supposed evidence, in which he asserted that the U.S. Department of Justice under President Joe Biden was going after him for political purposes.
From the opinion (citations removed):
Chutkan later wrote, At this stage, the court cannot accept Defendants alternate narrative.
A large portion of the allegations lodged against Trump in the Jan. 6 election subversion case hinge on the claim that he conspired with Justice Department attorney Jeffrey Clark to forward bogus voter fraud claims in the 2020 presidential election and weaponize the department against any who might stand in their way.
[...]
Brandi Buchman contributed to this report.
ALBERTO LUPERON
Aug 4th, 2024, 11:13 am
[...]
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote in a 16-page memorandum opinion filed Saturday that Trump improperly reframed the allegations against him and mispresented supposed evidence, in which he asserted that the U.S. Department of Justice under President Joe Biden was going after him for political purposes.
From the opinion (citations removed):
At the outset, the court must addressas it has beforeDefendants improper reframing of the allegations against him. He declares that the Indictment amounts only to a Government theory . . . that it is illegal to dispute the outcome of an election and work with others to propose alternate electors. That description mischaracterizes his alleged conduct. Defendant is charged with knowingly making false statements in furtherance of criminal conspiracies and for obstruction of election certification proceedings. The Indictment does not charge Defendant for publicly disputing the election outcome and merely working with others to propose alternate electors.
Chutkan later wrote, At this stage, the court cannot accept Defendants alternate narrative.
A large portion of the allegations lodged against Trump in the Jan. 6 election subversion case hinge on the claim that he conspired with Justice Department attorney Jeffrey Clark to forward bogus voter fraud claims in the 2020 presidential election and weaponize the department against any who might stand in their way.
[...]
Brandi Buchman contributed to this report.
Opinion (PDF) :
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.198.0.pdf
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'The court cannot accept Defendant's alternate narrative': Judge rejects Trump's claims of selective and vindictive pros (Original Post)
sl8
Aug 2024
OP
I doubt the weaponizing the DOJ charges will remain after the SCOTUS presidential immunity ruling
prodigitalson
Aug 2024
#3
ificandream
(10,527 posts)2. Thank you much for posting the story and the filing.
prodigitalson
(2,884 posts)3. I doubt the weaponizing the DOJ charges will remain after the SCOTUS presidential immunity ruling
they pretty much said 'weaponize away!"