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Former President Donald Trump might not get the full force of federal Judge Tanya Chutkan’s wrath should he be convicted in special counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 case, Kyle Cheney writes for Politico. The key reason behind a potentially lightened sentence can be found in an unrelated case Chutkan decided Friday; that of Stephen Schechter, an investment banker in his late 70s who pleaded guilty to stashing $5.1 million cash oversees. “Chutkan dwelled extensively Friday on his advanced age when determining his sentence,” writes Cheney. “She described an extreme reluctance to sending the 79-year-ol…

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