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Trump privately described claims of voter fraud as "crazy," says Justice Department filing (abcnews.go.com)

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[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

"Defendant's opposition brief repeatedly accuses the Government of bad-faith partisan bias," the judge wrote. "These accusations, for which Defendant provides no support, continue a pattern of defense filings focusing on political rhetoric rather than addressing the legal issues at hand."

"Not only is that focus unresponsive and unhelpful to the court, but it is also unbefitting of experienced defense counsel and undermining of the judicial proceedings in this case," Judge Chutkan wrote. "Future filings should be directed to the issues before the court."

thank god we still have some sane judges.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

.......for now.