via Julie Kelly
To demonstrate how preposterous it is for Jack Smith to first demand a 6-month indictment-to-trial timetable for Donald Trump and now push SCOTUS to deny Trump’s stay application for an appellate court decision, so Washington trial proceedings can restart in hopes of achieving a conviction before Election Day, let’s look at the case of a J6 defendant who will be on trial in Judge Chutkan’s courtroom on March 4 instead of Trump.
Lynnwood Nester was arrested in May 2022 on the 4 most common J6 misdemeanors. Here is DOJ’s recap of his trial schedule:
Nearly one year after Nester’s arrest–ON MISDEMEANORS not vague charges in historical prosecution of a former president–DOJ set this pretrial calendar in April 2023.
You will note the time elapsed between 4/23 and 10/23 trial date is the amount of time Smith initially demanded for Trump from indictment to trial. Six months–Chutkan ordered a still unprecedented 7 month trial schedule.
Any J6 defense atty or truthful (lol) line prosecutor will tell you this is the normal course of events:
So how did Nester’s trial get kicked to March 4 from October 17? Well, it appears Nester’s defense attorney–recognizing Chutkan’s hands would be full with Trump’s trial, which included an important hearing the day before Nester’s trial was set to begin–offered to change his plea from not guilty to Nolo Contendere on all 4 misdemeanors.
That means the defendant would accept punishment but not admit guilt (basically). DOJ objected–read more DOJ nonsense below–and Chutkan denied his plea offer.
This might be my favorite part.
With Trump’s DC proceedings on hold in Dec 2023 pending appeal of her immunity order, Chutkan then allows a remarkable TEN MONTH DELAY between Nester’s 1st trial date and rescheduled trial date.
Chutkan wants to make sure her docket is clear for Trump case. She knows appellate/SCOTUS proceedings will push Trump’s trial months beyond original March 4 trial date–she’s not taking any chances.
BUT THEN…
A few days after she officially vacated Trump’s March 4 trial date, Chutkan reset Nester’s trial for that day.
What is even more blatant is that Matthew Graves attempted to blame defense attorney’s schedule for the extended delay. All of a sudden he was free after Chutkan vacated Trump’s trial date?
This is just one example of how fluid these cases are (everywhere but just highlighting J6 case in DC) to demonstrate the highly unusual nature of Smith’s requests related to Trump’s trial.
Chutkan delayed a trial that was already set in order to clear her docket for the Trump case. After she had to vacate Trump’s trial, suddenly everyone was available again and Nester’s trial moved UP from August 2024 to March 2024.
The gamesmanship surrounding the effort to get Trump on trial as fast as possible is a wide-ranging effort that involves Jack Smith, Tanya Chutkan, Matthew Graves, and Dem judges on DC appellate court.
It is now up to SCOTUS to stop this madness.
Soros should be returned to Europe to face his War Crimes Trials from WW II