Smith has a record of failed, botched, and/or suspect prosecutions against prominent public figures.
Examples:
Among his more notable corruption cases, Smith prosecuted the former governor of Virginia, Robert McDonnell, a Republican. Although Smith scored a conviction against McDonnell, the case was later overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in a unanimous 8-0 decision. The Court observed that “there is no doubt that this case is distasteful; it may be worse than that. But our concern is not with tawdry tales of Ferraris, Rolexes, and ball gowns. It is instead with the broader legal implications of the Government’s boundless interpretation of the federal bribery statute.” (Politico, 6/27/16). The High Court also rebuked Smith and warned that “the uncontrolled power of criminal prosecutors is a threat to our separation of powers.”
Smith prosecuted and convicted former Democrat vice presidential nominee John Edwards. “By not losing on any of the six felony counts for which he was being tried, John Edwards won the biggest victory of his political and legal life . . . A mistrial on five counts and an acquittal on one resulted in a clear — if not complete — legal vindication and a likely fatal setback for federal prosecutors seeking to convict the former U.S. senator and 2004 Democratic vice presidential nominee for allegedly violating the Federal Election Campaign Act.” (U.S. News, June 1, 2012).
Smith prosecuted Democrat Bob Menendez on public corruption charges. The case ended in a mistrial. “The way this case started was wrong, the way it was investigated was wrong, the way it was prosecuted was wrong, and the way it was tried was wrong as well,” Menendez said outside the courtroom at the time.” (Washington Examiner, 6/5/23).
AI in Wyoming may soon use more electricity than state’s human residents
Excerpt:
On Monday, Mayor Patrick Collins of Cheyenne, Wyoming, announced plans for an AI data center that would consume more electricity than all homes in the state combined, according to The Associated Press. The facility, a joint venture between energy infrastructure company Tallgrass and AI data center developer Crusoe, would start at 1.8 gigawatts and scale up to 10 gigawatts of power use.
The project’s energy demands are difficult to overstate for Wyoming, the least populous US state. The initial 1.8-gigawatt phase, consuming 15.8 terawatt-hours (TWh) annually, is more than five times the electricity used by every household in the state combined. That figure represents 91 percent of the 17.3 TWh currently consumed by all of Wyoming’s residential, commercial, and industrial sectors combined. At its full 10-gigawatt capacity, the proposed data center would consume 87.6 TWh of electricity annually—double the 43.2 TWh the entire state currently generates.
Because drawing this much power from the public grid is untenable, the project will rely on its own dedicated gas generation and renewable energy sources, according to Collins and company officials. However, this massive local demand for electricity—even if self-generated—represents a fundamental shift for a state that currently sends nearly 60 percent of its generated power to other states.
speaking of Bob Menendez,...
https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/bob-menendez-transferred-to-low-security-prison/
I always suspected that Judge Cannon delayed throwing out Jack Smith's south Florida case because she figured Smith would immediately reopen it in D.C. - which he did when she finally judged him improperly appointed as Special Counsel.
Smith tried to file the case in D.C. originally but was warned that his prosecution would be fatally delayed by a defense motion to relocate in south Florida ('fatally' because the case was timed 'late' to interfere with Trump's presidential campaign.) He lobbied hard to get a liberal south Florida judge but got Trump appointed Judge Cannon, for whatever reason. Smith still maintained his D.C. grand jury for obvious reasons, not the least being that it was outside of Judge Cannon's control.
I also suspected that Judge Cannon raised a number of challenges just in order to slow Smith's aggressive prosecution... she understood the Bitem Administration ploy.
When Judge Cannon dismissed the case, Smith immediately tried to reopen it with his D.C. grand jury, but he had to wait for Judge Cannon's ruling against him to be appealed; time ran out on his dirty tricks!