District of Columbia District Judge Tanya Chutkan has denied former President Donald Trump’s request to delay the public release of additional portions of special counsel Jack Smith’s evidence until after the 2024 election.
On Oct. 17, she issued an order and opinion arguing that delaying its release would be a form of election interference.
“If the court withheld information that the public otherwise had a right to access solely because of the potential political consequences of releasing it, that withholding could itself constitute—or appear to be—election interference,” she said in her five-page order.
“The court will therefore continue to keep political considerations out of its decision-making, rather than incorporating them as Defendant requests.”…