Donald Trump just delivered a slew of objections over new evidence special counsel Jack Smith wants to appear on the public docket and that the former president's attorneys hope to hide, according to court records and legal analyses.
Trump filed to Washington D.C. federal court Tuesday a seven-page response to a new 180 page document that could contain new evidence from his federal election interference case prosecutor, court records show.
"The true motivation driving the efforts by the Special Counsel’s Office to disseminate witness statements that they previously sought to lock down is as obvious as it is inappropriate," Trump's lawyers wrote.
"The Office wants their politically motivated manifesto to be public, contrary to the Justice Manual and longstanding DOJ norms in cases not involving President Trump, in the final weeks of the 2024 Presidential election while early voting has already begun."
This was Trump's response to Smith's nine-page argument, in support of publishing a redacted copy of his 180-page case summary to the public docket, delivered to Judge Tanya Chutkan last week.
Smith's new argument arrived one day after he filed a massive sealed document containing previously unseen evidence, which could include grand jury interview transcripts and FBI notes from witnesses such as Vice President Mike Pence and Ivanka Trump.
In his filing, Smith argued it was appropriate to publish a redacted copy of the document because of the significant public interest in the case.
On Tuesday, Trump's attorneys argued this was just an attempt to target the Republican presidential nominee's reelection campaign.
The new filing spurred national security attorney Bradley Moss to deliver a basic analysis.
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"Reading through this thing," he wrote on X, "I think it’s safe to say Trump’s lawyers definitely don’t want DOJ’s filing to go public."
Allison Gill, host of the political podcast "Mueller, She Wrote," argued Trump was effectively contradicting his previous complaints about the Justice department's decision last year to keep evidence under seal.
"Today, as predicted, he has changed his mind now that DoJ has called his bluff," Gill wrote.
MSNBC legal analyst Glenn Kirschner warned followers earlier in the day that the filing was coming and that they should expect big developments in the ongoing case.
"Today is the first deadline for Trump's lawyers to file objections to Jack Smith's court filing that contains a detailed account of all of Trump's [alleged] democracy-busting J6 crimes," Kirschner wrote. "We could see it all by tomorrow."
Trump has pleaded not guilty to charges that he illegally conspired to overturn the presidential election in 2020 ahead of the U.S. Capitol riots on Jan. 6, 2021.
"Buckle-up buttercup," Kirschner added, "your ride's about to get a whole lot bumpier."
