Posted on 06/26/2023 6:31:32 PM PDT by bitt
Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, issued her first smackdown of Special Counsel Jack Smith.
Judge Cannon on Monday denied Jack Smith’s motion to keep a list of 84 potential witnesses under seal in the classified documents case.
The judge said Jack Smith failed to explain why it was necessary to keep the names of the witnesses a secret.
Jack Smith was also trying to block Trump and his alleged co-conspirator, Walt Nauta, from communicating with the 84 witnesses.
Smith is not only attempting to keep this case under seal from the American people but impose absurd restrictions on the former president and Walt Nauta as to how evidence can be viewed. Cannon denies Smith's demand to prevent Trump and Nauta to communicate with at least 84… pic.twitter.com/AiARrU38KR
— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) June 26, 2023
NBC News reported:
A federal judge on Monday rejected a request from special counsel Jack Smith to keep secret a list of 84 potential witnesses in the prosecution of former President Donald Trump over his handling of classified documents.
Federal prosecutors had asked U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, to keep under seal a list of witnesses who Trump would be barred from communicating with directly.
In her order, Cannon said prosecutors failed to explain why it was necessary to keep the names under wraps, or why redacting or partially sealing the document would be inadequate.
Special Counsel Jack Smith recently indicted Trump on 37 federal counts in Miami.
Trump was charged with 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information and 6 other process crimes stemming from his conversations with his lawyer.
Walt Nauta, a Mar-a-Lago aide, was indicted along with President Trump as a co-conspirator.
In a separate order on Monday, Judge Cannon set a July 14 hearing date to discuss how the classified documents will be handled.
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I read the other day that Smith asked that the August trial date be moved farther out. WTF? He was in such a hot hurry to indict Trump, but now wants the trial date extended? Why? Either you have a case or you don’t. Either you’re ready to prosecute your case in court, or you aren’t. Why indict someone if you’re not ready to take it to trial? Aren’t you supposed to have all your ducks in a row before you call a grand jury to indict the person you are targeting? Smith is a corrupt POS.
The indictment was the kill shot which missed, now they need to actually go to trial!
Judge Cannon is doing just what any honest judge would do.
A defendant and his attorneys have every right to talk to and depose all of them.
Can’t wait for the discovery demands and demands for depositions with Deep State individuals, including non-government people like Hillary Comey, Meuller, and many others.
Deep State actors like Wray can avoid answering to Congress. Trying that with a Judge won’t go over so well.
Smith has no chance of complying with discovery and deposition demands. He also wants to avoid discovery at all costs because it would all help Trump.
If the indictment is not sufficient for a speedy trial, then why did he issue it?
An indictment is supposed to round out the government’s case.
For us all-——
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Supposedly the trial date had to be pushed back to December to allow all attorneys involved to get security clearances so they can actually look at the 'classified documents' in question.
But, between the DOD and NASA, having gotten more clearances than I can remember, I would be very surprised if they can get everyone cleared in that length of time. Unless of course, some strings are pulled.
Always a possibility of course/
She should have sanctioned the prosecutor and/or jailed him for contempt of law !
Take the victories where we can get ‘em.
Smith: “But, but, your honor we are the Federal Government, the Department of Justice! We”re not used to judges not giving us anything we want’!!
All the more reason for the government to drag their feet doing this.
There is nothing more important than this trial because it literally goes to the heart of a Presidential election. They have the resources and unlimited money. If they cared, they could easily get them done in 3 weeks.
It’s all a farce.
There is the speedy trial act. Prosecution has 90 days to bring its case to trial. The defense can ask for extensions.
Jack Smith is as politically corrupt as a leftist lawyer can be. His past record confirms this.
The only bar he should belong to is the one with a lot of vertical iron and one big-assed lock.
Falsely charge Donald Trump. leak accusations. Stop Trump from viewing the evidence and questioning his accusers.
Even Stalin would object to this.
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