Lawyers for former PresidentĀ Donald Trump on Thursday asked the judge in hisĀ Jan. 6 prosecution to keep a stay in place for a month so that the defense and special counsel Jack Smith can file their ā€œimmunity appendicesā€ at the same time ā€” after the 2024 election has come and gone.

On Oct. 10, several days afterĀ Smithā€™s immunity brief went public, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled that the prosecutionā€™s redacted appendix should also go public since Trumpā€™s ā€œā€˜concern with the political consequences of these proceedingsā€™ is not a cognizable legal prejudice.ā€ At the same time, the judge stayed her order and gave Trumpā€™s team seven days to ā€œevaluate litigation options.ā€

Seven days later now, the defense has responded by asking the judge, a Barack Obama appointee, to keep the stay in place until Nov. 14, claiming ā€œthe public has been poisoned by a one-sided prosecutorial narrative.ā€


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    I agree maybe about 90%. But this does have Trump worried, which means there is likely evidence that might be a bridge too far for some of his voters.

    There are also many of his voters who have said they didnā€™t like his personality but will vote for him over the Democrat. These same people likely see J6 as a hoax or blown it off proportion because if it was seditious or an actual crime he would have been arrested.

    If real evidence is raised that isnā€™t affectively countered in court that shows the conspiracy is a lie, some might be swayed.

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      If real evidence

      theyā€™ve been throwing real evidence out the window for going on 10 yearsā€¦ donā€™t forget that these people regard trump and ONLY trump as a source of information. everything else is ā€œfake newsā€ no matter how real it is to everyone else

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      What bridge is a bridge too far for his supporters? They donā€™t care that heā€™s a diaper wearing, dementia riddled fossil. They donā€™t care that heā€™s a rapist. They absolutely ENJOY that heā€™s a felon. They donā€™t care that he had an affair with a porn star while his wife was pregnant. They donā€™t care that he directly caused millions of preventable deaths from COVID. They donā€™t care that hes openly and overtly racist. They donā€™t care that he wants to become a dictator. They donā€™t care that he sold American and allied secrets to Putin. They donā€™t care that he has a secret romance with Kim Jon Un.

      So what I ask, is a bridge too far?

      At this point the only thing that would hurt him is if he came out in support of queer rights and M4A

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      There could be definitive proof that Trump orchestrated 9/11 and his supporters would still vote for him.