Posted on 08/30/2024 10:28:03 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Special counsel Jack Smith tried to strike a careful balance in the revised indictment he brought against Donald Trump on Tuesday — hoping to salvage enough of his election-interference case to get it to a jury without running afoul of the Supreme Court’s new and vague definition of presidential immunity.
A day earlier, Smith filed an appeal in his other prosecution of the former president, hoping to resurrect the classified documents indictment that a trial judge had thrown out.
In both instances, Smith is trying to nurse back to health cases with potentially fatal ailments: in Florida, a set of charges dismissed by a highly skeptical Trump appointee; in D.C., a case of alleged election obstruction that the nation’s highest court has already amputated once, and may do so again.
The fate of each case is very much a political question, not just a legal one. Trump is again running for president, and both the revised indictment and the Florida appeal face months of proceedings that will prevent a trial before the upcoming election.
If Trump returns to the White House, his Justice Department would almost certainly drop the federal cases against him. If he loses, Smith is signaling he plans to push ahead, with Trump likely to spend months or years after the election in court.
The revised D.C. indictment, known as a superseding indictment, reflects some carefully calculated decisions and legal maneuvering, according to legal experts. The Supreme Court’s landmark decision to grant broad criminal immunity to presidents left much for lower courts to decide on what is an official presidential act that cannot be prosecuted and what is a private one that could be subject to criminal charges.
Smith concluded, for example, that some conversations about...
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Why is this a-hole still getting a paycheck?
Smith has appealed Judge Cannon's tossing of the classified documents case, as well as his having been unconstitutionally appointed. As far as I know, no appeals court has stayed her decision on his being illegitimate, so why is he still prosecuting new charges?
Unfortunately, there are still too many stupid Republican voters who will continue to vote to keep those "reach across the aisle" Republicans in office, just to keep the seat Republican. All they do is perpetuate the Rino problem, because those Rinos remain in office far beyond their "use-by" date, and you end up not being able to get rid of them at all.
I think the boy is dreaming about how easy it would be to pick up hairy chested liberal hens if he gets the credit for throwing Trump, AN INNOCENT MAN, in jail. He might even get a shot a Soros’ ghettopotamuses and water buffalo.
Fat, stupid, drunk and horny CIA operatives at the incredulous, dodgy Washington Post try to breathe life into the Jack Smith corpse.
1776 Bump
FIB & DOJ?
Context for FBI Discussion (Aug 27, 2024)
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/08/27/context-for-fbi-discussion/#more-263649
Long view, no longer defendable.
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