Trump Loses Bid to Strike Jan. 6 Violence From DC Indictment (1)

A federal judge in Washington rejected Donald Trump’s request to strike language from the federal election-obstruction indictment that refers to the violence at the US Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by his supporters.

In a three-page opinion, US District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday found that Trump failed to show that the text of the charging document was likely to prejudice jurors, since she didn’t intend to give them a copy. Also, the judge and lawyers on both sides will get the opportunity to screen potential jurors influenced by pretrial publicity, she wrote.

Trump isn’t directly ...