A bid by Donald Trump's lead attorney in the Georgia racketeering case to force Department of Justice investigators pursuing the Trump election federal case in a D.C. courtroom to hand over their evidence was shot down by former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade.
In short, she told MSNBC host Katie Phang: " Zero chance."
During an appearance on MSNBC early Sunday morning, McQuade was asked about Trump attorney Steve Sadow asking for evidence the DOJ has compiled on Trump's actions surrounding the Jan 6 insurrection that will be used in Judge Tonya Chutkan's courtroom next year.
"His criminal defense lawyer has actually asked the Fulton County judge to have the federal prosecutors who are in the Judge Chutkan D.C. election interference case to turn over its list of evidence which is otherwise being held confidentially up in D.C. so that Sadow can determine if there is relevant evidence from that D.C. case to use for the defense down in Georgia," host Phang prompted. "How successful is Sadow going to be to obtain the evidence list that is otherwise not up for public consumption?"
"Yeah, I think there is zero chance of getting that," McQuade quickly replied. "These are separate sovereigns who are engaging in separate prosecutions. Although [Fulton County DA] Fani Willis has a duty to turn over any evidence she's going to use in the trial and any evidence that is exonerating for the defense and the right to a fair trial, she doesn't have access to what's going on in federal court and neither does the defense. "
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"They have absolutely no duty to turn this over," she added. "I think they play these strategies so often, even when they know there is zero chance of prevailing, to have another issue to complain about it in the press and show supporters how unfair the process is. That's absolutely not true; it's one more thing to complain about."
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