Opinion: Trump’s Jan. 6 Case Could Still Blow Up Before the Election
Shan Wu is a former federal prosecutor who served as counsel to Attorney General Janet Reno
Contrary to the wishful thinking of former President Trump, Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 case against Donald Trump for election interference is not completely dead. In fact, the case is now finally back in the hands of a judge who actually knows how to try a criminal case.
Judge Tanya Chutkan, a former public defender, will decide whether the next stage of the case will be an evidentiary hearing that could amount to a mini-trial of the case against the former President. That mini-trial could and should occur before the election.