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BumRushDaShow

(143,958 posts)
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 05:04 PM 16 hrs ago

Capitol Police officers using KKK Act to sue Trump over Jan. 6 push to unseal Jack Smith grand jury materials

Source: Law & Crime

Dec 20th, 2024, 10:49 am


Several current and former officers with the U.S. Capitol Police are asking a federal judge to give them access to grand jury materials from special counsel Jack Smith’s criminal investigation into Donald Trump as they seek to hold the president-elect personally accountable for his role in the violent riots that erupted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

In an application filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the eight officers asked the court to disclose certain materials obtained through the grand jury investigation for use in their lawsuit against Trump.

The requested materials are necessary because the officers say their information requests are being stonewalled. Such information includes Trump’s communications with “his non-governmental conspirators,” materials relating to the fundraising, planning, and promotion efforts from the Jan. 6, 2021, “Save America Rally,” and materials from some eyewitnesses of the Capitol attack.

The plaintiffs in the case are asking the court to release the materials because they have been unable to secure them through normal channels of discovery from multiple Trump-related organizations and individuals.

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/these-assertions-defy-credulity-capitol-police-officers-using-kkk-act-to-sue-trump-over-jan-6-push-to-unseal-jack-smith-grand-jury-materials/



Full headline: ‘These assertions defy credulity’: Capitol Police officers using KKK Act to sue Trump over Jan. 6 push to unseal Jack Smith grand jury materials

Link to FILING (PDF) - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.275869/gov.uscourts.dcd.275869.1.0.pdf
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Capitol Police officers using KKK Act to sue Trump over Jan. 6 push to unseal Jack Smith grand jury materials (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 16 hrs ago OP
GOOD for them! Think. Again. 16 hrs ago #1
Why ask Trump? Kid Berwyn 16 hrs ago #2
Why is the Smith evidence still u nder lock and key? Miguelito Loveless 15 hrs ago #3
Headlines FormerOstrich 14 hrs ago #4
Their website has weird headlnes BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago #6
Sue him and his co-conspirators. pfitz59 14 hrs ago #5
Smiths report will be released within 31 days as per some people. republianmushroom 13 hrs ago #7

Think. Again.

(18,935 posts)
1. GOOD for them!
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 05:42 PM
16 hrs ago

It's good to see some backbone in this fight against fascism.

If anyone knows of a link to support their legal fees, please post it.

Miguelito Loveless

(4,700 posts)
3. Why is the Smith evidence still u nder lock and key?
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 06:11 PM
15 hrs ago

It needs to be released NOW, as it will be buried once 45 assumes the throne.

FormerOstrich

(2,752 posts)
4. Headlines
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 06:50 PM
14 hrs ago

I hate how bad headlines are....so many intentionally bad...

At first I thought it seemed as if Capitol Police suing because Trump's push to unseal...but it's their push to unseal.

I know I'm getting less and less literate....but I still appreciate well written articles and associated headlines.

whew...I digress. I think this is GREAT. Yes! Thank you (Capital Police) for leading the charge!

BumRushDaShow

(143,958 posts)
6. Their website has weird headlnes
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 07:32 PM
14 hrs ago

(probably because they do "true crime" genre reporting and broadcasts and that can be somewhat tabloidish). But they are excellent when it comes to linking to court filings!!!!

republianmushroom

(18,123 posts)
7. Smiths report will be released within 31 days as per some people.
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 08:27 PM
13 hrs ago

He been writing that report for some time now.

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