Federal Judge Unseals Special Counsel’s Immunity Filing in Trump Election

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Judge Chutkan unsealed a 165-page filing by special counsel Smith outlining evidence in the criminal case against Trump.

Washington Judge Tanya Chutkan has unsealed an extensive filing special counsel Jack Smith submitted to dispute the idea that former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution for his response to the 2020 presidential election.

The filing is one of the first steps for the court in determining what remains of the superseding indictment Smith filed after the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. United States, which held that presidents enjoy some criminal immunity.

“Although the defendant was the incumbent President during the charged conspiracies, his scheme was fundamentally a private one,” the 165-page brief from Smith’s team reads.

“Working with a team of private co-conspirators, the defendant acted as a candidate when he pursued multiple criminal means to disrupt, through fraud and deceit, the government function by which votes are collected and counted—a function in which the defendant, as President, had no official role.”

Trump has repeatedly denied all wrongdoing.

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.