[Macho MAGA Man]

She should toss the case immediately or sanction the hell out of the little temper tantrum throwing twit.

[ClearCase_guy]

Perhaps a gag order would be in order.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I always said Smith wasn’t very Smart. A dumbass shyster threatening a judge isn’t very bright.

[I want the USA back]

There should be no “Trump Classified Docs Case”. There should be a “biden Classified Docs Case”.

[PGR88]

Jack Smith is a deep-state t###

His argument is: we, the administrative-intel deep-state, haver ultimate power to declare what documents a President can see, and keep.

Thus making the “deep state” the true executive authority of the USA.

[Blue Highway]

It was bugging me who this Jack Smith clown looks like but I figured it out:

[lurk]

Did the author mean apoplectic?

Judge Cannon is the only judge in this world of lawfare not tilting against Trump. Dems aren’t used to being told No.

[montag813]

His intent was always to get the D.C. Circuit to seize the case from Cannon. It’s all proceeding according to the Lawfare whiteboard.

[kiryandil]

“Jerk” Smith...

[silent majority rising]

It is like they buried Trump in sand up to his neck. And then they released a couple of bulldogs to attack him. Then when the first dog ran by him, he bit it’s balls off. Then Smith beats Trump’s head with a stick and says to Judge Cannon “Trump is not plaing fair Judge”.

[DesertRhino]

No, that allows him to start appeals and other criminal assaults on Trump. Better that she does as she is and kneels on the ball to run the clock out. Jack wants a speedy and trial that she is under no obligation to provide.
And maybe jack will pop a critical vessel.

[Bratch]

Julie Kelly X-Twitter thread via Thread reader:

*****

Reading Jack Smith's response on jury instructions and it's clear that the gloves are off btw DOJ and Judge Cannon.

One defense attorney just told me: "The tone Smith is taking with Cannon is no longer persuasion but outright threats. Unheard of dynamic btw DOJ and the bench." 

Jack Smith's response is hysterical (and not in a funny way in a desperate way) bc he knows he has little control over her decision related to final jury instructions.

And he is arguing the basis for Trump's "unauthorized possession" of national defense material rests on Obama exec order not the Presidential Records Act.

So everyone who cried for months that "DRUMPF BROKE THE PRA!" can sit down. Jack Smith says PRA now has nothing to do with the case.

Also reminder of the bait and switch here. NARA sought files based on the claims Trump was violating the PRA. He produced 15 boxes of papers. NARA then claimed they found records with "classified markings" and sent a criminal referral (1st time ever) to FBI.

FBI promptly opened investigation. FBI sent a subpoena to Trump in May 2022 seeking more records with "classified markings." They turned over 38 more files.

Then in August, FBI sought search warrant seeking "national defense information." Reminder too we have not seen full unredacted application for search warrant.

Did DOJ seek warrant under the PRA or the Espionage Act or Obama's Exec Order or....what?

I will separate out Smith's threats to Cannon (unusual and toothless for the most part) later but this is basically the jury instructions DOJ wants to use.

This also might be a problem for DOJ bc it appears Trump still had Q security clearance at Dept. of Energy--one that DOE retroactively rescinded after Smith indicted Trump.

Also during March 14 hearing, DOJ claimed there was no formal process for a president to either receive or lose security clearance. So this might be another area of contention.

 

This is why Smith is so angry--he knows if Cannon proceeds with the proposed scenario presented in her jury instructions order, he is, as one defense attorney told me at the time, f*cked.

He essentially demands that she rule now on jury instructions (she doesn't have to) or dismiss the counts so he can appeal. If she doesn't, he might seek "mandamus" at appellate court--asking 11th Circuit to tell Cannon what to do in the case. Very rare.

A reminder that this is Smith's indictment.

Charged a former president for the first time on violating the Espionage Act.

Now Smith's wants the jury to interpret the language of the law based on Obama's Executive Order not the Presidential Records Act.

*****

[Bullish]

Did Jack Smith buy his law degree by mail-order? He seems to know very little about actual law.

[bigbob]

Go Jack! Eff around and find out!

[Carl Vehse]

The only threat from Smith quoted in the article is “mandamus”. Was there more? Will he hold his breath until he turns blue?!?

[Chewbarkah]

Did Jack Smith file a written answer to the court, or just shoot off his rat face? Internet searches keep turning up nothing but leftist spin. If anyone has a link to the actual filing, I’d appreciate it if you would post it.

I thought that Judge Cannon should have invited Ratso to submit the jury instructions as he would want them. This would force him to show his hand, after which non-leftists could point out the flaws in his theory.

[Gaffer]

She could dismiss the case = with prejudice so it couldn’t be filed again. Smith looks like a crazy child molester.

[TexasFreeper2009]

no prosecutor would ever normal do such a thing, but because they are so intent on “getting Trump” they step over the line over and over.

[Fledermaus]

This case is ridiculous and should be dropped.

Especially after Hur’s ruling with Biden.

[Sequoyah101]

Some long ago have had the sense to understand that by the PRA, the President, just by taking records into his possession declassifies them. Done. Declassified. Ergo, no case.

Just a belligerent witch hunt making a mockery of what used to pass for the law in this country.