DC Judge Tanya Chutkan on Wednesday handed Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith a big win by ruling in favor of Smith’s motion to force disgraced former President Trump to commit to using his batshit stupid “advice of counsel” defense – one that the fat idiot already pretty much blew up publicly in his interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker in September – by January 15th, 2024.
Chutkan did somewhat throw Trump a bone as Smith had wanted the deadline to be next month, December 18th, though we would imagine Smith already had that priced in. It’s not clear to us if this entails a ruling on the overall admissibility of the defense or if it’s dealer’s choice and Trump can play it at will. It’s a really fucking risky strategy and one that will require him to waive all relevant claims of attorney-client privilege as well as almost certainly take the stand in his own defense.