Lighting The Candle 🚀

I wouldn’t be surprised if the recordings of Trump produced as evidence by Jack Smith include Trump’s TV interviews.

My former office sent Rod Blagojevich his own interviews in discovery during his prosecution. He complained about it during a late-night talk show interview. https://t.co/4SbOGw4V8E

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) June 22, 2023

My favorite part of that is Blagojevich complaining on TV about his public statements being used against him. As I recall, he didn’t have much of a defense, either.

Prosecutors are required to turn over the grand jury testimony of witnesses. They often do so near the end of the discovery process, not the beginning. https://t.co/1Be6qByIoq

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) June 22, 2023

Jack Smith meant it when he said he was ready for trial in 70 days.

Wow. That is an amazingly speedy production of witness's grand jury testimony on the part of the government in U.S. v. Trump. Trump will still be looking for every possible reason to delay, but the Special Counsel is not going to be providing him with any. https://t.co/laydVBePYP

— Elizabeth de la Vega (@Delavegalaw) June 22, 2023

That date is still unlikely, but the burden of delaying is all on Trump. DOJ is not going to help one bit.

This also makes me think Smith wants to bring charges in D.C. over January 6, and still possibly charges in New Jersey. He wants to be timely about that, but not give Trump the argument that multiple indictments from the same office (special prosecutor) is grounds for continuance as Trump fights off so many challenges at once.

Smith, IOW, wants to use SDFL’s “rocket docket” to his advantage.