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2020 FRAUD-TRUMP Breaks Bail -Judge Chutkan Moves FAST on Dismissal Motion
TRUMP Accused of Breaking Terms of His Bail by Attacking Witnesses at Rally in Georgia
Judge Chutkan Moves at Light Speed, Denies TRUMPs Motion To Dismiss DC Election Interference Case
Donald Trump on Saturday spent much of his Georgia rally attacking the state's Republican governor and other local GOP officials, leading some to say the former president violated his bail.
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Judge Chutkan Denies TRUMPs Motion To Dismiss DC Election Interference Case.. Judge Denies Trump Motion to Dismiss DC Case Over Selective Prosecution
A federal judge declined Saturday to toss out former President Trump’s federal election subversion case over his assertion that he’s being unfairly and singularly prosecuted.
In a 16-page order, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote that, at the outset of the trial process, the court must assume the allegations against Trump are truthful — and the “improper reframing of the allegations against him” he has presented so far cannot support dismissal.
“At this stage, the court cannot accept Defendant’s alternate narrative,” Judge Chutkan wrote.
The case was put back in Chutkan’s hands just Friday after a federal appeals court remanded the matter to the trial court shortly after the case was returned from the Supreme Court following its 6-3 decision last month granting former presidents at least presumptive immunity for official acts.
That ruling likely doomed some allegations against Trump in the four-count indictment accusing him of conspiring to subvert the 2020 presidential election results. He has pleaded not guilty.
Trump’s motion arguing that the prosecution is selective and vindictive was filed in October and echoed many of his oft-repeated lines from the campaign trail, including that he was only raising questions about the 2020 election and cannot be blamed for the subsequent storming of the building by his supporters on Jan. 6, 2021.
Because the Government has not charged President Trump with responsibility for the actions at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, allegations related to these actions are not relevant and are prejudicial and inflammatory,” the former president’s attorneys wrote in the October filing. “Therefore, the Court should strike these allegations from the Indictment.”
Trump also pointed the finger at President Biden, his chief political opponent at the time, and claimed that the charges against him were the result of the president’s pledge to ensure Trump would not be president again.
In her decision Saturday, Chutkan squarely rebuffed those assertions, writing that there is “no indication” Biden sought to pressure the Justice Department or Attorney General Merrick Garland to take “politically motivated action” against Trump.
“Defendant has presented no evidence demonstrating a likelihood of vindictiveness,” Judge Chutkan wrote.
TRUMP Accused of Breaking Terms of His Bail
Trump, who has been indicted in Georgia for allegedly interfering with the state's election in 2020, specifically targeted the governor, Brian Kemp, and secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger.
Raffensperger was the one who received the infamous phone call during which then-president Trump asked him to "find" 11,000 votes.
"Convicted felon Trump is breaking terms of his bail right now by attacking witnesses in his GA criminal trial, Governor Kemp and Secretary of State Raffensperger," Joseph wrote Saturday. "Trump is angry bc they wouldn't help him overturn the election in 2020 and they won't help him overturn it in 2024."
Attorney Jeffrey Evan Gold linked to Trump's bond agreements and added, "Which seem to me anyway to be intimidation sufficient to qualify as the potential violation of his conditions of release in Georgia."
@ajknight51 had a similar response. "Ah. Donald Trump violating his bail conditions which included not interfering with witnesses like Kemp and Raffensperger."
@supernobodyy asked, "Is Trump violating the terms of his bail by attacking witnesses in his court case?" Then added, "He’s not supposed to be discussing Kemp. Arrest him immediately!"
A Trump supporter from Georgia didn't bring up the bail issue, but had some tough words for the MAGA leader nonetheless.
"What a Dumbf--- move at a Governor of Georgia more popular than you. Dumbest thing I think you ever done and maybe said," the user wrote on Truth Social in response to the ex-president. "I didn’t realize the bullet got Brain Cells from the Ear."
Republican insider Erick Erickson also weighed in on the attacks.
"The Trump rally in Atlanta makes it more likely Kamala Harris wins. He’s his own worst enemy."
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