Former president’s lawyer confirms plea in hearing on next steps in 2020 election subversion case

Trump’s attorney John Lauro has confirmed that Trump is entering a plea of not guilty to the superseding indictment.

Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Donald Trump are in court today to discuss how to move forward with the federal election subversion case against Trump in the first hearing after the supreme court’s ruling granting him broad immunity from criminal charges.

  • @dhorkEnglish
    21•10 days ago

    Here’s an interesting bit:

    https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/09/05/us/trump-election-interference-hearing/jack-smith-shows-flashes-of-emotion-as-trumps-election-case-returns-to-court?smid=url-share

    Sitting in a row with other Justice Department officials behind the counsel table, he [Jack Smith] smiled broadly when John Lauro, a lawyer for former President Donald J. Trump, said offhandedly that he had yet to address his plan to file a motion challenging the legality of the special counsel.

    Mr. Smith emphatically nodded his head in agreement several times after the presiding judge, Tanya S. Chutkan, interrupted Mr. Lauro when he suggested that the Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had directed Mr. Trump’s lawyers to raise the issue. Judge Chutkan interrupted, and said, “He directed you to do that?”

    Now, we may find that the lawyer was exaggerating a bit. But if it turns out that Thomas somehow reached out to the Trump legal team and said “Hey, I wrote this thing specifically to get you off the hook, use it”, wouldnt that be a Big Fucking Deal?

    • @[email protected]OP
      13•10 days ago

      NAL but I would think that would be a really, REALLY Big Fucking Deal.

      Gawd, I’d love to be a fly on the wall in Chutkan’s chambers when she calls Thomas’ lawyer to verify who said what.