BREAKING: Judge Chutkan unseals appendix of exhibits in Jack Smith’s J6 case against Trump, majority still under seal
The majority of the nearly 2,000 pages released remained under seal or redaction.
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The majority of the nearly 2,000 pages released remained under seal or redaction.
On Friday, US District Judge Tanya Chutkan unsealed the appendix of exhibits and evidence in the January 6 case against Trump brought forth by special counsel Jack Smith.
The majority of the nearly 2,000 pages released remained under seal or redaction, with MSNBC reporting that Smith had asked the court to redact and seal information that has not been made public, specifically the contents of grand jury testimony and witness interviews.
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View on XThe unsealed information in Appendix Volume I are interviews and depositions of witnesses by the House Select Committee To Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol. Appendix Volume II includes a number of 2024 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump's social media posts and reposts as well as data from Twitter, now known as X, that authenticates the tweets.
The posts gathered in the document begin around the 2020 election and extend through January 6, 2021. It also includes a post made by Trump on March 11, 2024, on Truth Social, in which he vowed to "Free the January 6 Hostages being wrongfully imprisoned" if he wins the 2024 presidential election.
Appendix Volume III includes a number of excerpts from former Vice President Mike Pence’s book, the transcription of Trump's speech at the Ellipse on January 6, 2021, and numerous reports from state officials and lawmakers regarding reports of fraud in the 2020 election. Appendix Volume IV includes a transcript of Trump’s May 2023 town hall with CNN, fundraising emails from the 2020 Trump campaign, and funders of the Save America March.
The unsealing came after Chutkan on Thursday denied Trump’s request to delay the unsealing of the records until after the election. According to CBS News, Chutkan said that "none" of the arguments from the Trump team were "persuasive." Lawyers for Trump said that the "asymmetric release of charged allegations and related documents during early voting creates a concerning appearance of election interference."
Chutkan said that the court was not "limiting the public’s access to only one side" and Trump was free to submit his "legal arguments and factual proffers regarding immunity at any point before the November 7, 2024 deadline."
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