In a lengthy ruling Wednesday in which she rebuffed most of Trump attorney’s requests for discovery in his 2020 election subversion case, Chutkan, 62, swatted down concerns about potentially inconsistent statements from law enforcement as to whether the former president was responsible.
“It is entirely conceivable, for instance, that Defendant could share responsibility for the events of January 6 without such express authorization of rioters’ criminal actions,” she wrote in a 50-page ruling.
Judge Tanya Chutkan still hasn’t set a timeline for when the case could go to trial amid various challenges against it. U.S. COURTS via REUTERS
Trump’s legal team cited other court cases against Capitol rioters, including one in which prosecutors noted they couldn’t “identify any remarks made by former President Trump that authorized that illegal conduct.”
