Posted on 01/04/2024 2:12:37 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man
Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 @julie_kelly2
NEW: Trump’s lawyers ask Judge Chutkan to consider contempt of court charge against Special Counsel Jack Smith for defying stay order on Jan 6 trial. Smith continues to file motions while case is on hold awaiting immunity ruling:
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Smith needs to be put in a rubber room.
Yeah judge Chutkhan will get right on that.
when the recorded conversation comes out where the judge RECOMMENDED that course of action by Jackass Smith... he will be forced to recuse.
who here believes they are not colluding together to thwart the law by any means necessary?
The deep state sure is trying to make sure Trump can’t win the election by any means possible. I guess they realize stealing another election may be a bit too hard, but they will do that if they have to...they are just trying everything else first.
And this is why I support Trump. For some reason he is scaring the hell out of them.
Jack Smith’s conduct is a prime example of why qualified immunity for prosecutors must be revoked.
With immunity there is simply no effective check on abuses by prosecutors, judges and agents.
Exactly. They are more than likely conspiring.
i do not understand. if there is a stay by an appeals court, then (imho anyways) the rules of the court should reflect the stay, and the court clerks should honor the stay by not accepting any filings by jack smith. accepting any filings by jack smith seems to me to put the lower court outside the bounds of the law. if chutkan is not stepping in then the appeals court needs to step in and hold the clerks in contempt of the appeals court (is there such a thing as contempt of an appeals court?). i am not a lawyer. perhaps i am misunderstanding the law somehow (but if so, how?). alternatively, the clerks of the lower court (and the shadow legal system behind it which is performing lawfare) have uncovered another legal loophole which allows the clerks to go unpunished for being active during an appeals court ordered stay (yes? no?).
He should be jailed with ghetto thugs immediately
This has hit the level of ENOUGH!!!!!
Senior here... Have seen a lot in politics..
There is no other reason for this except the left are desperate.. They fear losing their grip. This is not normal.. They are driven.
There’s not a good bone in any of them.. Bidens and his puppeteer included.
They want this country globalized. They want all the rest of us to shut up. Be good sheep and let them take control.. “Like Biden did in Afghanistan.. In Ukraine and Russia.”
They hate America and Israel.. The 2 countries God loves. They either think God is made up.. Or they think they can overrun Him.
Have you read Israel’s end results? Messing with God’s plans is dangerous territory.
I have come to the point where it’s them VS God.. So, have at it!!!
1. move the case toward trial; or,
2. impose additional burdens of litigation on the Defendant
Although I am not a fan in the least of Jack Smith, a discovery production and filing of a Motion in Limine (which will not be heard or litigated until immediately before trial) are not "proceedings" that are prohibited by the stay order.
“The stay order stays ‘proceedings’ that would:
1. move the case toward trial; or,
2. impose additional burdens of litigation on the Defendant”
I’m not a lawyer, but I find that hard to believe.
Definitions of “proceeding” according to the Justia Legal Dictionary at https://dictionary.justia.com/proceeding :
1. A process or sequence of actions taken to enforce, regulate or execute laws, rights, or remedies
2. Any event, trial, hearing, or application that happens in a court
3. A formal investigation or hearing led by a body that manages or controls a particular activity
4. The process of investigating or prosecuting a criminal act
5. An official document or log that records activities, events, or statements
Requests for Production as part of a pre-trial discovery are some of the most burdensome aspects of lawfare. It is part of why there is a saying that “the process is the punishment.”
A post-judgment discovery as part of enforcement may not “move the case toward trial”, but pre-trial discovery certainly does. Other than enforcement actions I can’t imagine a scenario in which discovery is not moving the case toward trial. Even if the discovery is preparatory to depositions, it is still moving toward trial. That’s the whole point.
And if the ruling is overturned (the point of the stay), wouldn’t this discovery be pointless?
I practice lawfare. A production of documents, alone, does not move a case toward trial unless there is a deadline to file a Motion to Compel Further Responses. Discovery motions would be counter to the stay. Otherwise, the production itself does not require any immediate action on the Defendant’s part, which would be a burden. Trump’s team does not have to do anything with it until after the stay is lifted. By making the production, Smith only burdened himself
They do have a point when it comes to the Motion in Limine that was filed though, because it contains specious political allegations, speculation and lies that will be sitting out there until the end of the stay. Smith did that for the media to continue their BS narrative.
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