The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s federal election interference case, in an order late Thursday, denied the former president’s last-minute request to block the release of additional evidence gathered by special counsel Jack Smith.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said that the court will unseal, on Friday, the redacted appendix from the immunity motion filed earlier this month by Smith that included new details about Trump and his allies’ actions leading up to the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol.

In ruling that the evidence would be publicly released, Chutkan pushed back on Trump’s argument that the release was politically motivated to influence the 2024 presidential election.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      I don’t. I just get more and more sarcastic until my eyes roll back into my head and shoot into my brain and kill me.

      Seriously though, since becoming a parent I almost never truly lose my temper.

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        i know, that’s why it would be worth a price of admission to see