Trump Team Fights Back With 'Powerhouse Motion' Requesting That DC Court Hold Jack Smith in Contempt
By Susie Moore | 3:00 PM on January 04, 2024
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Former President Donald Trump's legal team filed a "powerhouse motion" in D.C. Circuit Court on Thursday asking the court to hold Special Counsel Jack Smith in contempt. To understand the basis for the motion, let's set the table:
Smith caused a bit of a stir the last week of December when his office filed a 20-page motion in limine with the D.C. Circuit Court in the 2020 election interference case pending before Judge Tanya Chutkan.
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While many remarked on the apparent aim of the motion to limit Trump and the ability of his team to "inject politics" into the case (never mind that the case is, itself, largely about an election), in truth, it was a fairly standard pre-trial motion — the sort of pleading wherein parties seek to limit the ability of the opposition to introduce certain items or categories of evidence. Such motions, whether filed in criminal or civil matters, typically "shoot for the moon" and ask for all manner of relief from the court with the expectation that some — perhaps most — of the requests will be denied or, at least, reserved until the trial itself. (Sometimes, judges want to actually see how the evidence is playing out before making a definitive ruling.
Motions in limine serve several purposes: First, when successful, they obviously serve to limit the opposition in terms of what evidence they will be allowed to present to the jury at trial. Second, they alert the trial judge to issues that are likely to be a point of contention during the trial and theoretically help frame the movant's case strategically. Third, they form part of the record for the anticipated appeal. They are standard in jury trial cases, and the mere filing of one is not, in and of itself, remarkable.
Except...the prosecution's motion in the D.C. case was filed on December 27th — 14 days after Judge Chutkan entered an order staying the case pending resolution of the appeal (on the immunity issue).
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READ MORE: https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/01/04/trump-team-fights-back-with-powerhouse-motion-requesting-that-dc-court-hold-jack-smith-in-contempt-n2168287
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