Jack Smith has responded to the former president’s complaints that the government has too much evidence for them to review before 2024
cases. “The defendant cites the median time from commencement to termination for jury trials of Section 371 charges—29.4 months—without explaining that this median time runs through the completion of sentencing, not the beginning of trial,” the special prosecutor argues.
“The data cited by the defendant spans October 2021 through September 2022, when federal courts were pulling out of a backlog caused by COVID-19 closures. During that period, only 22 cases went to trial nationwide. This small and skewed sample provides no help to the Court in deciding an appropriate trial date,” the filing adds.
The government responded by pointing out that much of the evidence presented to Trump’s attorneys has been publicly available for some time now. This includes Trump’s tweets, Truth Social posts, and public statements, depositions, testimony, and materials gathered by the House Jan. 6 Committee, as well as materials from the National Archives that Trump and his attorneys had in their possession before turning them over to the government.
“The first discovery production also included more than 100,000 pages of duplicative material because the Government sought to produce it in an exceptionally organized, clear, and
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