Trump makes last effort to keep hidden January 6 case evidence before election
Trump makes last effort to keep hidden January 6 case evidence before election
Prosecutors asked permission to file public version of brief with references to testimony from Trump’s closest aides
Prosecutors asked permission to file public version of brief with references to testimony from Trump’s closest aides
Donald Trump’s lawyers made a last-ditch effort on Tuesday to limit the amount of evidence that could become public that special counsel prosecutors collected during their criminal investigation into the former US president’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
The prosecutors last week filed under seal a brief, which may be as long as 180 pages, to presiding US district judge Tanya Chutkan that defends the viability of the charges against Trump even after the US supreme court’s presidential immunity ruling.
Simultaneously, the prosecutors asked the judge to allow them to file a public version of the secret brief with quotations and references to grand jury testimony from some of Trump’s closest aides, such as his former chief of staff, and his former vice-president, Mike Pence.
Everyone knows he's guilty. His supporters just don't care that he did it.
Everyone knows he’s guilty. His supporters just don’t care that he did it.
His supporters are Conservatives. They believe that the law doesn't apply to some people because inequality is 'good' and 'natural'. And they also believe that inequality will be in their favour, even if they live precariously on or near the very bottom rung of society.
Conservatives are most often the people who would (and, increasingly, in a country which got rid of royalty, do) support something like the Divine Right of Kings to do what they want. "Because somebody has to be in charge," they will say, while imagining the 'wrong' kind of people being rounded up.
Insert Wilhoit's Law here.
The only problem is he failed.
If you've done nothing wrong, you've got nothing to hide right.
He doesn’t care. Even with a felony conviction, he still thinks he didn’t do anything wrong.
Does everyone remember when he was originally saying he was totally innocent and everthing he was accused of was a democratic smear campaign?
Because ….
Innocent people don’t hide shit like this.
Duh.
Came to these comments hoping to see some thoughts about what this evidence includes. But none. Is no one even curious??
It’s generally not a good idea to assume things of others. That’s what they often do to their rivals and it doesn’t ever work out well for them.
Speculation just dilutes the water.
Maybe it includes a copy of the treasure map from the back of the Constitution and it's inside the white house because he procrastinated on grabbing it while he was there and he wants to keep it quiet so that Biden doesn't get it before Trump can.
Though if I had to guess for real, maybe it's communications that refer to his cult in not so friendly terms? Like maybe he said some things about what he really thought about them, which probably don't reflect well on their intelligence or value.
Though, as the other commenter said, there's no real value in this speculation other than for entertainment.