Current Affairs Donald Trump POS: Judgement cometh and that right soon

[LinekersLegs]

The Southern District in Florida is known for being sticklers about the 'speedy trial' provision in the Sixth Amendment. I would imagine that Trump's attorneys will try and gum up the works with every procedural trick in the book. I also would be surprised if the judge puts up with much nonsense on that front.

I look at it this way - the judge won't want to get reversed on appeal, but everyone in that building will also want the circus out of it ASAP.

That hasn’t been the case previously with this particular judge who was appointed by Trump. She was slapped down pretty hard by the 11th circuit during appeal but not confident that she won’t try the same this time. I hope you are right about a speedy trial but reading several lawyers with nat sec case experience they seem doubtful it will conclude before the election.

What to know about Aileen Cannon, the judge in Trump's classified docs case

Cannon will consider whether to dismiss the case at a hearing Thursday.

www.axios.com

Back in September, Cannon accepted Trump's bid for a special master to review evidence seized by the FBI in the search of his Mar-a-Lago residence.

• The move essentially halted federal prosecutors' investigation into the handling of the classified documents, until an appeals court ruled to scrap the special master, saying "the district court improperly exercised equitable jurisdiction."
• The appeals court wrote in its decision that writing a rule to allow subjects of search warrants — including former presidents — to block government investigations "would be a radical reordering of our caselaw" and "would violate bedrock separation-of-powers limitations."
  • "To create a special exception here would defy our Nation’s foundational principle that our law applies ‘to all, without regard to numbers, wealth, or rank,'" the appeals court wrote.
• Details: Cannon had also denied the DOJ's request to exclude classified documents from the special master review.
  • But the 11th Circuit sided with the DOJ when it granted the department's request to resume reviewing classified documents from Mar-a-Lago as part of the investigation.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[LinekersLegs]

Obviously not a Trump fan but his ex lawyer discussing the case on tv seems pretty unethical.


Although being ethical might not have been high on the qualifications Trump was looking for in his lawyer.

 

[RAFUH]

I would hate to be the local attorney that gets appointed when Trump can't hire one.

 

[RAFUH]

He's considering an lawyer that's been indicted.
ANd a current lawyer is barred from this federal district

 

[RAFUH]

New GOP inclusive bathrooms

 

[Martin Alvito]

That hasn’t been the case previously with this particular judge who was appointed by Trump. She was slapped down pretty hard by the 11th circuit during appeal but not confident that she won’t try the same this time. I hope you are right about a speedy trial but reading several lawyers with nat sec case experience they seem doubtful it will conclude before the election.

What to know about Aileen Cannon, the judge in Trump's classified docs case

Cannon will consider whether to dismiss the case at a hearing Thursday.

www.axios.com

Back in September, Cannon accepted Trump's bid for a special master to review evidence seized by the FBI in the search of his Mar-a-Lago residence.

• The move essentially halted federal prosecutors' investigation into the handling of the classified documents, until an appeals court ruled to scrap the special master, saying "the district court improperly exercised equitable jurisdiction."
• The appeals court wrote in its decision that writing a rule to allow subjects of search warrants — including former presidents — to block government investigations "would be a radical reordering of our caselaw" and "would violate bedrock separation-of-powers limitations."
  • "To create a special exception here would defy our Nation’s foundational principle that our law applies ‘to all, without regard to numbers, wealth, or rank,'" the appeals court wrote.
• Details: Cannon had also denied the DOJ's request to exclude classified documents from the special master review.
  • But the 11th Circuit sided with the DOJ when it granted the department's request to resume reviewing classified documents from Mar-a-Lago as part of the investigation.

I'm aware of the details with respect to the judge, as well as the circuit's rebuke. Here's how I see it. She has the power to delay. She also has the threat of the circuit hanging over her head, over a dozen colleagues that will want regular order on this one so they can get their own lives back, and the possibility of a Democratic House impeaching her in 2025.

She would beat that in the Senate, of course, but it would be expensive. Four years as a corporate lawyer, then years as a prosecutor, do not lead to having millions in the bank. I think she treads more lightly this time around.

Trump is also not dealing with the best and brightest attorneys these days, because he has a reputation as a difficult client and a history of not paying in full for services rendered. Ordinarily, qualified attorneys would be lining up around the block for a case of this magnitude, especially seeing how it's likely to be a pricy one. The fact that it's probably dead lost doesn't matter, because they can establish a reputation by putting up a quality defense.

So I'm comfortable betting against the experts on this one. In general, I find that politics explain human behavior better than issues.

 

[RAFUH]

@Boss_Blue better still be around. Seems we may have reached the point I take up residence in his shed.

 

[RAFUH]

 

[Toffee_Loaf]

They don't like it up 'em ...

 

[Pittsburgh Footy]

They don't like it up 'em ...

You people are so, so strange

 

[Toffee_Loaf]

You people are so, so strange

Hmmm, I thought it was a generally accepted principle that in a democracy you don't arrange to have your main political opponent prosecuted so you can rule unopposed? This is the kind of stuff that happens in Russia, Iraq, Iran etc. There's a reason it's never been done before, but in the US today there are two standards of justice and it's a political standard. Most people will be horrified by what has happened, whether they like Trump or not...

 

[Rita_Poon]

what'ergate'aboutery.

Terminator 5 : The unleashing of the bots...

 

[Martin Alvito]

Hmmm, I thought it was a generally accepted principle that in a democracy you don't arrange to have your main political opponent prosecuted so you can rule unopposed? This is the kind of stuff that happens in Russia, Iraq, Iran etc. There's a reason it's never been done before, but in the US today there are two standards of justice and it's a political standard. Most people will be horrified by what has happened, whether they like Trump or not...

This is a uniquely American conceit, when it comes to the presidency. Berlusconi would have seen the inside of a prison cell for tax fraud, had he not been old. There are many other examples in the Western world. I just mention him since his name is in the news today.

Even over here, we prosecute governors all the time. If I recall correctly, Illinois had a period where three of their last five governors were all in prison on corruption charges. (Bet you were taking Louisiana if I hadn't told you the state.) What's fascinating about this indictment is that it shows Trump engaged in the sort of bush-league idiocy I would expect to read about when the defendant is a small-town city council member, not a former president of the United States.

 

[Pittsburgh Footy]

Hmmm, I thought it was a generally accepted principle that in a democracy you don't arrange to have your main political opponent prosecuted so you can rule unopposed? This is the kind of stuff that happens in Russia, Iraq, Iran etc. There's a reason it's never been done before, but in the US today there are two standards of justice and it's a political standard. Most people will be horrified by what has happened, whether they like Trump or not...

Just so, so weird