Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has filed the 180 page document outlining convicted felon former President Trump’s failed post-2020 election coup attempt in DC Circuit Judge Tanya Chutkan’s court, Politico’s Josh Gerstein reports, while noting nothing is listed on the docket yet.
That doesn’t actually matter just yet because, as reported, the document will be under seal for as long as Chutkan deems necessary and if she does unseal it for public consumption, there may be heavy redactions in order to comply with grand jury secrecy requirements. The New York Times on Thursday did however note that “A grand jury rule normally requires the government to keep secret information gathered by such investigative bodies – like testimony by witnesses whom prosecutors call to testify before them, or documents investigators gather with their subpoenas. But that rule contains exceptions. Among them, Judge Chutkan can authorize the disclosure of grand jury information ‘preliminarily to or in connection with a judicial proceeding,'” meaning it’s really up to her.