“Defendant has filed a Motion to Compel Discovery, ECF No. 167 (‘Motion to Compel’), and a Motion for an Order Regarding the Scope of the Prosecution Team, ECF No 169 (‘Motion on Scope’). Collectively, the motions seek an order requiring the prosecution to search nine government entities for fourteen categories of information, and to produce any discovered information to the defense.”
“For the reasons set forth below and in a Classified Supplement that will be distributed to the parties, the court will GRANT in part and DENY in part Defendant’s motions, and require Defendant to file any further motions to compel immunity-related discovery by October 30, 2024,” writes DC Circuit Judge Tanya Chutkan in a ruling tossing convicted felon former President Trump’s bid to stall the DC coup attempt case with more discovery ahead of an expected evidentiary unsealing.
“Second, the fact that government agents wondered whether foreign actors were involved in the January 6 riot is entirely compatible with the belief that Defendant shared in the responsibility for the events of that day,” is probably the highlight of the order.