Posted on 09/11/2022 4:56:37 AM PDT by MtnClimber
At this point in time I have no regard for the probity or competence of the Intelligence Community and neither, apparently, does Judge Aileen Cannon, who earlier this week ordered the appointment of a Special Master to review those documents seized in the Mar-a-Lago raid, which it claims are classified. The Department of Justice appears to have been surprised that it has lost credibility and filed a motion seeking a stay on that portion of the order and a Notice of Appeal to the Eleventh Circuit indicating its intention to file an interlocutory appeal.
I don’t think the trial judge who issued a very well-considered order will grant the stay. I don’t think the Eleventh Circuit will, either. I don’t think the Eleventh Circuit will even grant an interlocutory appeal on this matter. I do think all of these pleadings reveal the weakness of the grounds for a search and seizure of materials at the home Donald J. Trump, the overreach of the warrant, and the expansive search itself. Worse for the DoJ and FBI, I believe their actions amount to a claim that under no circumstances does the judiciary have a right to question anything the Intelligence committee does as long as it makes a claim of “national security.” Such a claim is scary and should be -- and I think will be -- denied.
Without going into all the fine points of what it means to say a trial court order is an interlocutory order, basically it means that the order is not a final one. In this case, it is merely an order covering discovery matters in a trial. As Seth Barrett Tillman tweeted, ”The government has not been forced to return any materials, and no privilege rulings have been made for which to take an appeal.”
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Clarice ping
Schummer proclaimed that no one, including Donald Trump, should cross the ‘intelligence community’ and that they have ‘six ways to Sunday’ of getting back at you. THAT should scare every American! That should have landed Mr Schummer in leg shackles and behind bars (if not worse).
I don’t doubt it. Blackmail is a powerful tool. [Cough, cough, Roberts,cough]
Actually he thinks it is above ALL Bureaus, and Committee oversight. They are the boss.
Totally willing to go there until “At this point in time...”
Somebody get a rope....
The intel agencies are acting as their own sovereign government. And they get impatient when someone slows them down.
DOJ: “Stasi rules!”
If they, and the FBI this it's just a loss in credibility, they have a number of things to thinking about. The most important being that many, many Americans want at least the FBI completely disbanded and the DOJ taken out the Administration political chain, AG and all...
Can someone explain the possible sequence of legal events beginning with Cannon’s order that a Master be appointed?
If DOJ appeals, then what are the possible outcomes?
These attacks by the DoJ/FBI have done far more damage to the nation than the attack we memorialize today.
DOJ and FBI have lost all credibility.
1. Russian Collusion
2. Hunter Biden cover-up.
3. Lies to FISA Court
4. Protecting Hillary
5. Treatment of Manafort, Stone, Bannon, Navarro
6. Leaks to press in all cases
7. Trump Ukraine call.
8. Trump’s private papers search & seizure
9. FBI Attorney altering evidence
The list goes on...
Separation of Powers.
Since they are part of the Executive Branch, they are saying they can over rule even the Supreme Court.
Everyone has asked themselves how Nazi Germany ever happened.
This is how!
One step at a time, using justification to overturn laws.
Not yet, your honor. We have more leaking to do.
The Intelligence Community was not established by the Constitution. He obviously needs to be expelled from his post.
Yep it's in the Constitution, right after Abortion.....
“The intel agencies are acting as their own sovereign government. “
Looks to me that’s most of the agencies not just the intelligence agencies.
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