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Judge Rejects Trump’s Effort to Delay Jan. 6 Civil Cases
"Jan. 6 sentences are piling up. Here’s a look at some of the longest handed down.
"Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio gets 22 years, longest Jan. 6 sentence yet
The former Proud Boys chairman wasn't present at the Capitol attack, but prosecutors said he acted as "a general rather than a soldier."""
Related: A Related of yours - Steve Bannon's Delayed Prison Sentence a 'Miscarriage of Justice': Attorney
[...]"There's an interesting disparity in what's happened to Navarro versus what happened to Bannon, because Bannon committed virtually the same crimes," Kirschner said. "But Bannon is out, pending appeals. He hasn't had to spend one minute behind bars, yet. So why is there this disparity in the way that two convicted defendants are being treated? Well, the judge who presided over Peter Navarro's case is a judge named Amit Mehta. He is a straight-up, fair, impartial, no-nonsense judge."
P - He continued: "Steve Bannon committed the same crimes, was convicted of the same offenses, was handed the same sentence, four months in prison, but the judge who presided over Steve Bannon's trial is a guy named Carl Nichols. Guess who he was appointed by? He's a Trump appointee. And I think it represents a real miscarriage of justice that Steve Bannon has been permitted to be out, out and out about."
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The former president had sought to have lawsuits against him put on hold until after his federal criminal trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election.
A judge overseeing a group of civil lawsuits against former President Donald J. Trump must decide whether his fiery speech on Jan. 6, 2021,
urging his supporters to march to the Capitol, should be considered an official presidential act or a private one related to his re-election
campaign. Pete Marovich for The New York Times
By Alan Feuer
April 18, 2024, 4:45 p.m. ET
A federal judge on Thursday rejected former President Donald J. Trump’s attempt to delay a group of civil lawsuits that are seeking to hold him accountable for inspiring the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Mr. Trump had sought to have the suits put on hold until after the completion of his federal criminal trial connected to many of the same events. But in a nine-page ruling, the judge, Amit P. Mehta, decided that the civil lawsuits could move forward without running the risk that Mr. Trump might damage his chances in the criminal case by revealing his defense strategy prematurely or making statements that prosecutors might use against him.
Last month, when lawyers for Mr. Trump first asked Judge Mehta to postpone the civil cases .. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/us/politics/trump-delay-civil-cases.html , it was the latest example of the former president seeking to pit his multiple legal matters against one another in an effort to delay them.
In the past few days, Mr. Trump has also sought to push back an important filing deadline he is facing in his classified documents case in Florida by arguing that the lawyers who have to write the court papers in question need more time because they are busy representing him at yet another criminal trial — the one in Manhattan where he stands accused of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal on the eve of the 2016 election.
While Judge Mehta’s decision to let the civil suits move forward struck a blow against Mr. Trump’s delay tactics, he and his lawyers have been remarkably successful overall at throwing sand into the gears of all four of the criminal cases he is facing .. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/16/nyregion/donald-trump-trial-delay-strategy.html . The Manhattan trial, which is now in jury selection, may turn out to be the only one of the four to go in front of a jury before this fall’s election.
The Jan. 6 civil suits are an often forgotten aspect of the barrage of legal proceedings confronting Mr. Trump. In the months after the Capitol attack, a half-dozen of them were filed by members of Congress and police officers who were at the building that day, accusing Mr. Trump of inciting the mob that stormed the building.
The suits, which all are being heard in Federal District Court in Washington, have sought unspecified financial damages from the former president.
In his ruling, Judge Mehta acknowledged that there can often be dangers involved in permitting civil and criminal cases that touch on the same subject to move forward simultaneously. But he determined that the potential perils in this particular situation were relatively limited.
In December, a federal appeals court in Washington rejected Mr. Trump’s claim .. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/01/us/politics/trump-jan-6-lawsuits.html .. that he was immune to the civil suits because their allegations arose from official acts he took while he was president.
As part of its decision, the appeals court sent the case back to Judge Mehta to decide whether Mr. Trump’s fiery speech on Jan. 6, in which he urged his supporters to march to the Capitol, should be considered an official act of his presidency or was instead a private act related to his re-election campaign.
It was that fact-finding process, which has not yet started, that prompted Mr. Trump’s lawyers to ask that the civil cases be put on hold. The lawyers were concerned that if Mr. Trump or his allies were forced to provide information about the nature of his speech or any other remarks he had made concerning Jan. 6, it could be used against him by prosecutors in the criminal case.
But Judge Mehta disagreed, saying that any new information that might come out about Mr. Trump’s speech would be limited and that prosecutors would likely not be able to use it against Mr. Trump in the criminal proceeding in any meaningful or damaging way.
The criminal case itself has been on hold for months as a series of courts have considered Mr. Trump’s attempt to use a similar immunity defense to derail it. The Supreme Court is poised to hear a final round of arguments on the immunity claim .. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/us/trump-supreme-court-immunity.html .. on April 25.
Alan Feuer covers extremism and political violence for The Times, focusing on the criminal cases involving the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and against former President Donald J. Trump. More about Alan Feuer
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/us/politics/trump-delay-jan-6-civil-cases.html
"Jan. 6 sentences are piling up. Here’s a look at some of the longest handed down.
"Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio gets 22 years, longest Jan. 6 sentence yet
The former Proud Boys chairman wasn't present at the Capitol attack, but prosecutors said he acted as "a general rather than a soldier."""
Related: A Related of yours - Steve Bannon's Delayed Prison Sentence a 'Miscarriage of Justice': Attorney
[...]"There's an interesting disparity in what's happened to Navarro versus what happened to Bannon, because Bannon committed virtually the same crimes," Kirschner said. "But Bannon is out, pending appeals. He hasn't had to spend one minute behind bars, yet. So why is there this disparity in the way that two convicted defendants are being treated? Well, the judge who presided over Peter Navarro's case is a judge named Amit Mehta. He is a straight-up, fair, impartial, no-nonsense judge."
P - He continued: "Steve Bannon committed the same crimes, was convicted of the same offenses, was handed the same sentence, four months in prison, but the judge who presided over Steve Bannon's trial is a guy named Carl Nichols. Guess who he was appointed by? He's a Trump appointee. And I think it represents a real miscarriage of justice that Steve Bannon has been permitted to be out, out and out about."
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=173895263
The former president had sought to have lawsuits against him put on hold until after his federal criminal trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election.
A judge overseeing a group of civil lawsuits against former President Donald J. Trump must decide whether his fiery speech on Jan. 6, 2021,
urging his supporters to march to the Capitol, should be considered an official presidential act or a private one related to his re-election
campaign. Pete Marovich for The New York Times
By Alan Feuer
April 18, 2024, 4:45 p.m. ET
A federal judge on Thursday rejected former President Donald J. Trump’s attempt to delay a group of civil lawsuits that are seeking to hold him accountable for inspiring the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Mr. Trump had sought to have the suits put on hold until after the completion of his federal criminal trial connected to many of the same events. But in a nine-page ruling, the judge, Amit P. Mehta, decided that the civil lawsuits could move forward without running the risk that Mr. Trump might damage his chances in the criminal case by revealing his defense strategy prematurely or making statements that prosecutors might use against him.
Last month, when lawyers for Mr. Trump first asked Judge Mehta to postpone the civil cases .. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/us/politics/trump-delay-civil-cases.html , it was the latest example of the former president seeking to pit his multiple legal matters against one another in an effort to delay them.
In the past few days, Mr. Trump has also sought to push back an important filing deadline he is facing in his classified documents case in Florida by arguing that the lawyers who have to write the court papers in question need more time because they are busy representing him at yet another criminal trial — the one in Manhattan where he stands accused of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal on the eve of the 2016 election.
While Judge Mehta’s decision to let the civil suits move forward struck a blow against Mr. Trump’s delay tactics, he and his lawyers have been remarkably successful overall at throwing sand into the gears of all four of the criminal cases he is facing .. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/16/nyregion/donald-trump-trial-delay-strategy.html . The Manhattan trial, which is now in jury selection, may turn out to be the only one of the four to go in front of a jury before this fall’s election.
The Jan. 6 civil suits are an often forgotten aspect of the barrage of legal proceedings confronting Mr. Trump. In the months after the Capitol attack, a half-dozen of them were filed by members of Congress and police officers who were at the building that day, accusing Mr. Trump of inciting the mob that stormed the building.
The suits, which all are being heard in Federal District Court in Washington, have sought unspecified financial damages from the former president.
In his ruling, Judge Mehta acknowledged that there can often be dangers involved in permitting civil and criminal cases that touch on the same subject to move forward simultaneously. But he determined that the potential perils in this particular situation were relatively limited.
In December, a federal appeals court in Washington rejected Mr. Trump’s claim .. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/01/us/politics/trump-jan-6-lawsuits.html .. that he was immune to the civil suits because their allegations arose from official acts he took while he was president.
As part of its decision, the appeals court sent the case back to Judge Mehta to decide whether Mr. Trump’s fiery speech on Jan. 6, in which he urged his supporters to march to the Capitol, should be considered an official act of his presidency or was instead a private act related to his re-election campaign.
It was that fact-finding process, which has not yet started, that prompted Mr. Trump’s lawyers to ask that the civil cases be put on hold. The lawyers were concerned that if Mr. Trump or his allies were forced to provide information about the nature of his speech or any other remarks he had made concerning Jan. 6, it could be used against him by prosecutors in the criminal case.
But Judge Mehta disagreed, saying that any new information that might come out about Mr. Trump’s speech would be limited and that prosecutors would likely not be able to use it against Mr. Trump in the criminal proceeding in any meaningful or damaging way.
The criminal case itself has been on hold for months as a series of courts have considered Mr. Trump’s attempt to use a similar immunity defense to derail it. The Supreme Court is poised to hear a final round of arguments on the immunity claim .. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/us/trump-supreme-court-immunity.html .. on April 25.
Alan Feuer covers extremism and political violence for The Times, focusing on the criminal cases involving the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and against former President Donald J. Trump. More about Alan Feuer
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/us/politics/trump-delay-jan-6-civil-cases.html
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