DOJ Seeks to Exclude Trump Evidence in Jan. 6 Case After Pause Ordered

Published on December 27, 2023

Special counsel Jack Smith’s office filed a motion to exclude arguments and evidence based on former President Donald Trump’s “partisan political attacks” and “irrelevant and prejudicial issues” raised, in a court filing on Dec. 27. This comes two weeks after U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan stayed all pretrial proceedings and deadlines in an order on Dec. 13, and after the defense filed a response on Dec. 18 arguing the special counsel had improperly continued to serve discovery productions despite the pause. The judge had not issued an order after President Trump’s claims that the prosecutors were continuing to litigate “unlawfully” and in violation of the stay order....

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