Judge Tanya Chutkan is running a tight ship from the federal bench overseeing Donald Trump's criminal case in which he and others stand accused of conspiring to flip the 2020 election in his favor.
In her Wednesday filing, the judge sets a deadline of Oct. 25 for Special Counsel Jack Smith to file a response to Trump's legal team about seeking potential subpoenas for Jan 6 committee documents and materials.
The filing from the judge was flagged by Scott MacFarlane of CBS News.
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"Once again... Judge Tanya Chutkan keeps a tight schedule in the Trump criminal case. She gives Special Counsel Jack Smith an Oct 25 deadline to reply to this motion from Trump team about possible subpoenas for Jan 6 committee materials. Her orders on the calendar remain efficient," he wrote Wednesday.
Trump's legal team wants to secure Judge Chutkan's go-ahead to be able to bring on an investigator to assist in subpoenaing leaders of the House committee that opened an investigation to the Jan. 6, 2021 siege on the Capitol, claiming that the panel failed to turn over all of the records.
The move echoes the grumblings made by House Administration Oversight Subcommittee chairman Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), that he was shortchanged all of the panel's materials and evidence, according to The Hill.
But all signs by Judge Chutkan have been in keeping with the March 4, 2024 trial date.
The date set by the judge in the nation's capital comes one day before Super Tuesday, when 15 will hold key Republican primaries or caucuses.
On Wednesday, a Notice of Compliance filing suggests the trial is moving forward without delay and specifically that "all security clearance documentation that had been requested."
