Former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy said that U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan made a massive mistake when she decided to allow more of special prosecutor Jack Smith’s documents to be released.
She agreed last week to let the public view more than 1,800 pages of evidence against former President Donald Trump in the federal election interference case being prosecuted by Smith that may never make it to trial.
The former prosecutor said that it could ruin the potential jury pool in the case.
“I’m not curious because I thought from the beginning this was a political exercise. Now, that doesn’t mean there’s not a case in there someplace, but the timing of this strategically has always been a political exercise,” he said on the Fox News show “The Story” which was guest hosted by Trace Gallagher.
“I have to chuckle when Judge Chutkan says she would not want to let politics or anything like that enter into her decision-making. A judge in a normal case, Trace, would be concerned about the jury pool,” the former prosecutor said. […]
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