Trump wants the release of the evidence against him blocked from January 6 until after the election

Trump is facing criminal charges over a “criminal plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election” that Smith alleges in a lawsuit.

The former president is charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by a violent pro-Trump mob seeking to prevent Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election.

In a lawsuit filed Thursday, Trump’s lawyers protested the release of the detailed evidence against him and asked the court to block the release of the evidence until Nov. 14.

Trump’s lawyers said in their motion that it is “essential that the public fully understands the arguments and documents on both sides of this momentous issue and does not allow themselves to be misled by one-sided submissions.”

An Oct. 2 Smith filing in the case said Trump was seeking immunity for his Jan. 6 actions, claiming they were official acts of the president.

Smith argued in that motion that Trump was not immune because Trump was privately acting as a candidate on January 6 “when he pursued multiple criminal means to, through fraud and deception, disrupt the governmental function by which votes are collected and counted – a role in which…”The defendant had no official role as president.”

Smith said the evidence “provides a comprehensive overview of the defendant’s private criminal conduct.”

Trump’s lawyers said in their filing that it was in the public’s interest to keep the evidentiary details from the electorate until after the election “to ensure that this case does not unduly affect, or appear to do so, the ongoing election.” “.

They said suspending the release of the evidence would ensure that Smith’s evidence of a criminal Jan. 6 election conspiracy “is accompanied by a rebuttal from President Trump.”

The evidence in question was an attachment to Smith’s immunity request, which was unsealed two weeks ago by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkin and was scheduled to be unsealed Thursday.

Chutkin has maintained that the question of whether or not the evidence in the Trump case is politically damaging does not play a role in the trial and should not be considered, but should only be guided by the administration of justice.

The special counsel’s Oct. 2 filing said Trump “committed crimes to stay in office.”