Posted on 07/23/2024 1:03:59 AM PDT by Libloather
Former President Donald Trump is threatening to file suit against Special Counsel Jack Smith over the August 2022 FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago.
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Smith to lead an independent investigation into Trump's post-presidency handling of classified documents and his actions leading up to the January 6 attack U.S. Capitol attack in November 2022, three months after the former president's South Florida home was searched in relation to the documents case.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed by Trump and has frequently been accused of bias in his favor, dismissed the documents case last week while ruling that Smith's appointment had been "unconstitutional." Smith has filed an appeal, with his office saying that the basis of Cannon's decision "deviates from the uniform conclusion of all previous courts."
In a post to Truth Social on Monday, Trump suggested that Cannon's decision could lead to a lawsuit against Smith and his prosecutorial team. He made the remarks while lashing out at Democratic Congressman James Clyburn, a close ally to President Joe Biden and one of the first to endorse the presidential run of Vice President Kamala Harris after Biden dropped out on Sunday.
"Somebody please explain to Rep. James Clyburn, not the brightest bulb in the House, that I am beating the Biden/Harris Prosecutors, like Deranged Jack Smith, whose case against me in Florida, 'the biggest of them all' according to the Radical Left Lunatics, was just 'thrown out' as being Unconstitutional," Trump wrote.
"Now it is my time to sue them for illegally breaking into, and raiding, Mar-a-Lago," he added. "All of these Biden/Harris cases against me are a Weaponization of Justice against their Political Opponent, Me — Strictly Third World Country. MAGA2024!"
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Who picks the VP ?
The question it seems to me is who exactly appointed Jackie. If it wasn’t legal then by definition the appointment was illegal. Who was it that broke the law, hmmmm?
No sovereign immunity for Smith if he was illegally appointed.
Let the games begin.
5.56mm
The president nominee chooses their vice president before the party convention. They get elected along with the president.
Did anyone take a civics class in school?
and the next half of the question is;
‘Did you learn anything?’
Vacancy in presidency automatically makes VP president. ‘Swearing in’ is just ceremonial. The qualifications for VP are the same as for president. No one is going to seriously challenge a VP except via impeachment and removal.
I would argue he does.
Heck, he pretended to be a peace officer, when he was not (as US attorney).
Arrest him and put him in Florida prison.
False Impersonation of a Law Enforcement Officer
In Florida, Section 843.08, Florida statutes
Includes pretending to be a us attorney and the like.
Arrest him and book him into jail.
I was responding to the Equine freeper. They don’t seem to know the process for when a president leaves office before the term ends.
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