>Chutkan granted the government’s motion to allow prosecutors to withhold “certain classified information” from the former president, instead allowing them to provide an “unclassified summary substitution for certain classified information.”
In other words, the government prosecutors in the Jan 6th case don’t want to share classified material with Trump because he’s currently on trial for massive mishandling of classified material in Florida.
No surprises here.
Can someone ELI5 what this means? I mean, I know it’s saying that the Prosecution is providing the defense with an unclassified summary of the classified evidence they are going to use against him, but how does the Prosecution get to use classified evidence at all? Wouldn’t it be difficult to present such evidence to a Jury, say? How is this evidence going to be used in a court?
Classified info he doesn’t have clearance and is clearly too irresponsible to see. They’re instead to provide an unclassified summary.
In place of the actual doc, he’ll get a summary like “List of known foreign spies. Most now deceased. Ketchup stain in the top left corner”
While, based on the headline, this seems like it goes against our constitution, it’s in the details of this argument where it makes 100% sense. This is why there is an inherent danger of oversimplifying an issue at hand. The details really matter. The information contained in those documents is sensitive and the validity of confidentiality is not being challenged here. His retainage of those documents is on trial. He has also shown no remorse to go after witnesses or anyone. He has shown he can’t be trusted by his own actions. The court has flexibility for these type of people. Trump has been given the lightest restrictions. As a civilian federal employee, I would be in jail if I had 1 of those in possession even if I had clearance to read them.
IMO His lawyers are just trying to delay long enough he might be able to pardon himself or make himself immune by being elected.
At the same time, Judge (loose) Cannon finds the opposite. I am sure appeals will be pending to 11th circuit.
*Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a federal judge on Wednesday to approve the re-establishment of an ultra-secure facility at his Mar-a-Lago club.* Re-establish!?!? (Must be referring to the room with the toilet and chandelier?)
2 hours since this was posted. Has he done a “crooked Biden and his corrupt DOJ are denying my lawyers evidence. A crime! Listen to my tantrums!” post on TruthSocial yet?
Well duh! He’ll just blab about it to try an undermine it’s integrity. He’s already blabbed about national secrets. No! You get nothing!
The headline is hugely misleading. Trump is not being allowed to see some classified evidence, being given an unclassified summary instead. This is consistent with the law.
Everything else, he can see.
Looking forward to the tanTrump for this one. Sure he’d have loved some more material to read on the toilet.
Will they draw pictures for him ?
Is there a sub keeping track of the trump trials?
Another fucked up newsweak headline.
He shouldn’t be able to see any tbh. He’s just going to blab it out and misrepresent it.
Just throw Trump in jail already on things he said and done publicly is more than enough evidence.
Not used to being told no are you donald?
Lord, please let Democrats win both houses of Congress and the Presidency. We need to clean up our courts.
I am choosing to believe that they won’t let Trump see the evidence because he will try to eat it like how Mac tries to eat contacts in Its Always Sunny.
How long until trumps attorneys appeal this?
Judge Cannon needs to be dropped from being a judge and charged with aiding and abetting in this criminal case. She is acting as Trump’s legal team. She is a danger to our national security. Lock her up.
Haha
The national Archives has had issues with every administration going back to Eisenhower, the Presidential staffers want everything for the Presidential Library and NARA hates it. The swamp hates the only President since 2001 to 2023 who didn’t start a war on his watch.
He looks like a vagina
He doesn’t have the security clearances needed to view the evidence and he’s clearly demonstrated that he cannot be trusted with classified information
Sounds reasonable considering trumps track record with witnesses.
Sounds legit. Why not . Constitution and rule of law is a one way street now. Why deviate?
Why doesn’t Trump just declare “DECLASSIFIED!” so his lawyers can review the documents? After all, he IS still the President, and the president can declassify anything just by declaring it so. /s
What a novel approach to tackle the classified documents security issues. This Judge is nothing like Cannon, who has a fairly easy case to adjudicate really. Cannon’s case should take a few weeks, but she’s either too stupid or to corrupt to tackle something beyond a traffic ticket.
Lawyers: Your Honor, we would prefer not to show classified information to the man on trial for mishandling classified information.
That’s not a misleading headline at all.
Damn Newsweek is a rag these days
Goddamn lizard eyes spaced out like fetal alcohol syndrome
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His rage is just delicious.
>Chutkan granted the government’s motion to allow prosecutors to withhold “certain classified information” from the former president, instead allowing them to provide an “unclassified summary substitution for certain classified information.”
In other words, the government prosecutors in the Jan 6th case don’t want to share classified material with Trump because he’s currently on trial for massive mishandling of classified material in Florida.
No surprises here.
Can someone ELI5 what this means? I mean, I know it’s saying that the Prosecution is providing the defense with an unclassified summary of the classified evidence they are going to use against him, but how does the Prosecution get to use classified evidence at all? Wouldn’t it be difficult to present such evidence to a Jury, say? How is this evidence going to be used in a court?
Full Text of the Order: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.126.0_10.pdf
Classified info he doesn’t have clearance and is clearly too irresponsible to see. They’re instead to provide an unclassified summary.
In place of the actual doc, he’ll get a summary like “List of known foreign spies. Most now deceased. Ketchup stain in the top left corner”
While, based on the headline, this seems like it goes against our constitution, it’s in the details of this argument where it makes 100% sense. This is why there is an inherent danger of oversimplifying an issue at hand. The details really matter. The information contained in those documents is sensitive and the validity of confidentiality is not being challenged here. His retainage of those documents is on trial. He has also shown no remorse to go after witnesses or anyone. He has shown he can’t be trusted by his own actions. The court has flexibility for these type of people. Trump has been given the lightest restrictions. As a civilian federal employee, I would be in jail if I had 1 of those in possession even if I had clearance to read them.
IMO His lawyers are just trying to delay long enough he might be able to pardon himself or make himself immune by being elected.
At the same time, Judge (loose) Cannon finds the opposite. I am sure appeals will be pending to 11th circuit.
*Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a federal judge on Wednesday to approve the re-establishment of an ultra-secure facility at his Mar-a-Lago club.* Re-establish!?!? (Must be referring to the room with the toilet and chandelier?)
One step closer to a banana republic… everyone should be allowed their constitutional rights, the judge gave Trump grounds for appeal… if we have a democracy. And yes look up Sir Thomas Moore quotes before you reply. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7515521-william-roper-so-now-you-give-the-devil-the-benefit
2 hours since this was posted. Has he done a “crooked Biden and his corrupt DOJ are denying my lawyers evidence. A crime! Listen to my tantrums!” post on TruthSocial yet?
Well duh! He’ll just blab about it to try an undermine it’s integrity. He’s already blabbed about national secrets. No! You get nothing!
The headline is hugely misleading. Trump is not being allowed to see some classified evidence, being given an unclassified summary instead. This is consistent with the law.
Everything else, he can see.
Looking forward to the tanTrump for this one. Sure he’d have loved some more material to read on the toilet.
Will they draw pictures for him ?
Is there a sub keeping track of the trump trials?
Another fucked up newsweak headline.
He shouldn’t be able to see any tbh. He’s just going to blab it out and misrepresent it.
Just throw Trump in jail already on things he said and done publicly is more than enough evidence.
Not used to being told no are you donald?
Lord, please let Democrats win both houses of Congress and the Presidency. We need to clean up our courts.
I am choosing to believe that they won’t let Trump see the evidence because he will try to eat it like how Mac tries to eat contacts in Its Always Sunny.
How long until trumps attorneys appeal this?
Judge Cannon needs to be dropped from being a judge and charged with aiding and abetting in this criminal case. She is acting as Trump’s legal team. She is a danger to our national security. Lock her up.
Haha
The national Archives has had issues with every administration going back to Eisenhower, the Presidential staffers want everything for the Presidential Library and NARA hates it. The swamp hates the only President since 2001 to 2023 who didn’t start a war on his watch.
He looks like a vagina
He doesn’t have the security clearances needed to view the evidence and he’s clearly demonstrated that he cannot be trusted with classified information
Sounds reasonable considering trumps track record with witnesses.
Sounds legit. Why not . Constitution and rule of law is a one way street now. Why deviate?
Why doesn’t Trump just declare “DECLASSIFIED!” so his lawyers can review the documents? After all, he IS still the President, and the president can declassify anything just by declaring it so. /s
What a novel approach to tackle the classified documents security issues. This Judge is nothing like Cannon, who has a fairly easy case to adjudicate really. Cannon’s case should take a few weeks, but she’s either too stupid or to corrupt to tackle something beyond a traffic ticket.
Lawyers: Your Honor, we would prefer not to show classified information to the man on trial for mishandling classified information.
That’s not a misleading headline at all.
Damn Newsweek is a rag these days
Goddamn lizard eyes spaced out like fetal alcohol syndrome
Illegal.