'Guess what? Trump is not winning' in Judge Chutkan's courtroom: former U.S. attorney
After admitting that the legal proceedings against Donald Trump being heard in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Tanya Chutkan is progressing exceeding slowly, a former U.S. attorney suggested the former president is not on a path to defending himself successfully.
Speaking with MSNBC host Katie Phang, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance made the case that Chutkan is on the right path by allowing filings from special counsel Jack Smith to become public as he pursues Trump for attempting to interfere with the 2020 election results.
Contrary to the former president's constant complaints that the prosecution by Smith is "election interference," the former DOJ official pointed out it would be election interference if Chutkan kept the information secret before voters go to the polls.
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"I think that while there are legitimate criticisms that the Justice Department moves slowly in this regard, this case is now in front of the court," she told host Phang. "There are some procedural hooks, like this entitlement that Trump has to take appeals all the way to the Supreme Court on immunity issues, and of course, there is a unique concern here. Because Donald Trump, if he regains the White House, could, in fact, put an attorney general in place who would dismiss the prosecution against him."
"But, the reality is that we need to focus more on the reality of what is in front of Donald Trump right now, this prospect of prosecution, and less on the ways he might avoid it," she suggested. "I think that is a narrative trap that we have fallen into, this idea that Trump always wins. Guess what? Trump is not winning in a federal courtroom in Washington, D.C. Instead, a judge is treating him fairly."
"This week she [Chutkan] ruled in his favor on some requests for additional discovery, but she also ruled against him on issues that any other criminal defendant would lose on," she told the host. "Jack Smith will get a fair trial. The American people will get a fair trial. Donald Trump will get a fair trial if this case is permitted to proceed."
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