Judge Tanya Chutkan of the Federal District Court in Washington on Wednesday I've made different parts public A new report on Donald Trump's behavior during his supporters' storming of the US Congress on January 6, 2021.
The report was prepared by Jack Smith, a special counsel for the Department of Justice at the request of the prosecution: It will show that Trump acted that day as an ordinary citizen and not in his capacity as President of the United States, and that he can therefore be prosecuted for his actions, consistent with what the Supreme Court decided last July Concerning the criminal immunity of presidents.
Trump was accused of playing an active role in the attack on Congress, which was organized to stop the certification of Joe Biden's victory over Trump in the 2020 presidential election, but in July, a Supreme Court ruling established that they are worthy presidents and enjoy partial immunity in the exercise of their duties and cannot be prosecuted for Their official actions. This decision has been criticized because it makes it more difficult to prosecute Trump for attacking Congress, given that he was president at the time.
Smith's report revisits the events of that time and contains new information about what Trump said and did before and during the attack on Congress. Among other things, the report alleges that during the attack, a Trump aide alerted that his supporters had entered Congress and that Vice President Mike Pence, who was in the building, was in danger.
The warning was offered in the hope that Trump would implore his supporters to stop, but instead Trump merely responded: “So what?” I will go back to watching TV. At that moment, Trump was angry with Pence, who, despite being his running mate, chose to follow the law and certify Biden's victory.
The report contains many other episodes of this kind: During a lunch between Trump and Pence in mid-November 2020, the latter advised him to accept defeat and think about running again in 2024, but Trump said, “I don’t know, 2024 is too far away.” On another occasion, an aide allegedly overheard Trump telling some members of his family: “It doesn't matter if you win or lose the election. You still have to fight like hell.” He also cites all the times Trump pressured officials in swing states he lost (including Georgia) to overturn the result, to no avail.
According to the claim, in all those moments, Trump was not acting as a president, but rather as a candidate who lost the election and did not want to accept defeat. For this reason, they claim that Trump should not be granted the immunity provided by the Supreme Court, and the trial should go ahead.
The date of the first session has not yet been set, and it is very unlikely that it will take place before the presidential elections that will be held on the fifth of next November (about a month later). According to Trump's lawyers, publishing the report was a political move to harm him a few weeks before the vote, while the prosecution asserts that the case must be resolved as quickly as possible, given that if Trump wins again, it is very likely that he will order the Department of Justice to close the case.
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