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Trump makes last effort to keep hidden January 6 case evidence before election (www.theguardian.com)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Came to these comments hoping to see some thoughts about what this evidence includes. But none. Is no one even curious??

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

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.