Posted on 08/08/2023 4:03:45 PM PDT by CFW
On Tuesday morning, Donald Trump’s legal team made what most would consider a very normal, reasonable request. Yet, it was quickly denied in a move that previews really rough seas ahead for the former president.
The controversy surrounds a hearing on a recent DOJ-requested protective order against Trump relating to a post he made on Truth Social attacking Mike Pence. Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the D.C.-based election-related case, quickly set a hearing date of August 11th.
The problem? It wasn’t immediately clear that either of Trump’s primary lawyers could make that date. That led to a request that included coordination with the DOJ to offer August 9th and 10th as possible dates as well. In other words, both the defendant and prosecution were willing to work around each other to ensure everyone could make the hearing.
Further, Trump’s team stated that while they’d prefer to have both lawyers present, thereby suggesting August 14th or 15th, one of Trump’s lawyers would be available on August 10th. That is one of the dates the DOJ agreed would work for them.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
The issue and point of the article is not that the judge set a date for a hearing. The issue is that she set a date that Trump’s main attorneys can’t attend, even though both the prosecution and the defense agreed to several other dates where they could all be in attendance. She is the only one insisting that the hearing on a critical issue take place on a date when she knows Trump’s attorneys can’t be there.
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This is but a small taste of what the next 15 months will be if Trump is the nominee, and the media couldn’t be happier.
The problem with that argument is that her original order was for the prosecution and defense to confer and agree on a date “on or before August 11th” for the hearing. They agreed and the prosecution requested either the 10th or the 14th or 15th. Even though they agreed to a date that complied with her order, she refused to move the hearing to a date when Trump’s attorneys could attend. Without a compelling reason for doing so, she could be giving the Trump team ammunition to push for her recusal.
I don’t believe Trump’s lawyers indicated they could not both attend on Friday...or if they did, I have not seen or read why.
RE: protective orders...these are standard orders about “evidence” etc the prosecution turns over to defense. Trump has not yet been given a “gag” order by the judge.
But imo, Trump should be more cautious threatening judge/prosecutors/known witnesses or he could get an actual gag order. But maybe that’s the button Trump wants to push.
The trump lawyers sure had time to get airtime on the Sunday talk circuit.
The fix is in.
Trump is one for one ::: he lucked out with Cannon who appears to be a water girl for him and will countenance his team’s tactical delays, but he got screwed with Chutkin who is gonna give him nothing but major headaches. I’d lay low for awhile on the posts that could land him in DPT mode , at least in DC conspiracy case
DC, the Center of Zulu Tribal Law.
“Then you have a judge who is a Democrat hack.”
There is no evidence she is a Democrat hack. She has broad bipartisan support.
The judge was confirmed to the court by a unanimous vote in the Senate. Every Republican Senator voted to confirm her.
Elections have consequences.
I think you meant to reply to #15, not #16
Them?
So IF the DC Judge is a Democrat hack from Jamaica and the “fix is in” on that case
Does the same hold true for
The Florida Judge is a Columbian Republican hack. Does she also need to be removed from the case.
Who is left? Judges are probably either left or right and very few are apolitical 100%.
Dead judges are not political
What the hell is that suppose to mean?
What the hell is that suppose to mean?
They are if they still vote.
Well with posts like #3 on this thread you just never know.
Crazy Times these days.
From Twitter
https://twitter.com/PCleburneVdare/status/1689019430469042176
Patrick Cleburne @PCleburneVdare
Half-Indian Tanya Chutkan and her sister were Jamaican aristocrats. Their astute Indian father moved them to the US to cash in on the Affirmative action bonanza. They have never suffered hardship.
And she is determined to hang on to her privilege
The ugly truth about Commissar Chutkan is she is another Kamala Harris. Inversely to Harris, her father was of Indian descent and her mother apparently a Jamaican black.
Chutkan is a rare Indian surname. Apparently 28% of them live in Jamaica.
Chutkin’s father is from India, her mom is Jamaican,and she HATES MAGA
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