Dec 28 2023 41 mins
In late December 2023, Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a motion in the court handling the Washington, DC criminal case against Donald Trump for attempting to overthrow the 2020 election. The motion requests that the court prohibit certain defenses and evidence from being raised in the trial. Although at the time of this recording the trial is held in abeyance due to an ongoing motion to dismiss, this motion was filed in anticipation that the case would be proceeding to trial.
This episode is an audio narration of the motion. Please note that most citations are omitted or simplified for the sake of listenability.
Please note that in the the context of this document, the words "impeach" and "impeachment" mean to challenge the credibility of evidence or witnesses, and not to the political process which a political authority may use to charge and potentially remove an official from office.
A link to the full motion: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148.191.0_1.
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