Yet another pissed off judge at yet another self-absorbed punk.
This time, it's U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, and the defendant is Donald John Trump.
I envy her. She got the chance to tell Trump to shut the F%$# up, and she has the full force of the Department of Justice to enforce this:
The U.S. judge overseeing Donald Trump’s prosecution for allegedly criminally conspiring to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory said that while every American has a First Amendment right to free speech, it is “not absolute” and that even the former president’s campaign statements must give way to protecting the integrity of the court process.
In her first hearing over Trump’s federal case in D.C., U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan took on extraordinary political and legal challenges of prosecuting Biden’s leading Republican 2024 rival, saying “the fact that [Trump] is running a political campaign” will have no bearing on her decisions and his speech “must yield to the orderly administration of justice.”
“If that means he can’t say exactly what he wants to say about witnesses in this case, then that’s how it’s going to be,” Chutkan said Friday, repeatedly warning Trump and his defense of limits on what they can reveal about government evidence in the case. “Your client’s defense is supposed to happen in this courtroom, not on the internet.”
"Your client’s defense is supposed to happen in this courtroom, not on the internet," huh?
Does that sound like a go f%#$ yourself from the Judge to Trump? It sounds that way to me.
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“I will take whatever measures are necessary to safeguard the integrity of these proceedings,” she said.
Yeah. She told Trump to go f%$# himself.
In the hearing and a follow-up written order, Chutkan rejected the government’s request for a blanket protective order limiting sharing of all evidence released in the case. However, she mostly sided with prosecutors in granting them leeway to define “sensitive” materials subject to greater protections, adding that Trump’s defense had agreed to similar conditions in his pending special counsel prosecution in Florida on charges of mishandling classified documents and obstruction. She said that Trump’s defense could object and propose modifications in the future.
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[Trump counsel John] Lauro bristled at prosecutors’ demand that Trump’s lawyers “babysit” his taking notes of materials, to ensure he did not copy personal identifying information.
Trump can take notes alone, Chutkan agreed. But she maintained that he would not be allowed to have any electronic device with him, or be able to copy or reproduce the materials, and that his lawyers would have to inspects his notes later and ensure the security of materials whenever Trump left.
“They cannot be left alone. Should the defendant need to leave the room, someone has to safeguard those materials, and certainly he can’t carry them around with him,” Chutkan said.
Yeah, she just told the lawyers that their asses are on the line as well.
This should get interesting.
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