Posted on 06/24/2023 3:45:08 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Special Counsel Jack Smith on Friday asked a federal judge to push back the start of former President Donald Trump’s trial on charges that he willfully retained national security secrets and obstructed justice.
In a court filing, Smith requested US District Judge Aileen Cannon to delay the trial by nearly four months — from Aug. 14 to Dec. 11 — arguing that both the prosecution and the defense need more time to prepare.
The special counsel noted that the 77-year-old president’s defense team does not object to moving the date.
Smith argued that the Aug. 14 date “would deny counsel for the defendant or the attorney for the Government the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation.”
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Smith also asked Cannon on Friday to prohibit Trump and his co-defendant Walt Nauta from discussing the trial with a list of witnesses in the government’s case against them.
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(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
“1 TRAVELING, WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR ABROAD, TO CARRY OUT OR PARTICIPATE IN VIOLENT EXTREMIST ACTIVITY
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4 CONDUCTING A DRY RUN OF AN ATTACK OR ASSAULT OR ATTEMPTING TO GAIN PROXIMITY OR ACCESS TO TARGETS
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5 IDENTIFYING—IN PERSON OR ONLINE—SPECIFIC DETAILS OF AN INTENDED VIOLENT ACTIVITY, INCLUDING TARGET(S), TIME FRAMES, AND PARTICIPANT ROLES
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6 DISPOSING OF MEANINGFUL PERSONAL ASSETS OR BELONGINGS IN AN UNUSUAL MANNER, PARTICULARLY WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY OR WITHOUT REGARD FOR PERSONAL FINANCIAL GAIN
OBSERVERS…COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL SECTOR REPRESENTATIVES
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13 Unusual purchase of military-style tactical equipment (for example, body armor or personal protective equipment)
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14 Breaking away from a larger group or creating a more exclusive or operationally secure group to discuss or plan specific violent activity
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16 Increased use of physical concealment tactics (for example, countersurveillance techniques, disposable phone)
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17 Increased use of online concealment tactics (for example, deleting, hiding, or manipulating social media or other online accounts to misrepresent location or hide group membership
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22 Planning or pursuing suspicious travel activity (for example, unusual purchase of one-way tickets, false excuses for international travel, fraudulent passport application)
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27 Attempting to seek technical expertise (for example, in aviation, biology, chemistry, electronics) to enable planned violence
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34 Expressing acceptance of violence as a necessary means
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36 Praising, or researching to emulate, past successful or attackers
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41 Changing vocabulary, style of speech, or behavior to reflect a hardened point of view or new sense of purpose associated with violent extremist causes, particularly after a catalyzing event”
https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/news_documents/Mobilization_Indicators_Booklet_2021.pdf
Keep that under your hats, or between two newspapers.
Extra time for the “summer of Hunter” to blow over ?
The security clearances were ordered by the judge or magistrate, I think.
Agreed about the unreliability of the corporate media. I’m talking actual trial lawyers who have handled criminal defense in the federal courts. They all said even a normal case with no complications takes 18 months and this case involves a lot of new/unique interpretations of law. Ergo, it will go on for longer than 18 months.
Interesting thought—with extra time for the “Summer of the Briben Family” to heat up.
Keeping the story in the news....”Never let a good crisis go to waste”
They see what’s coming down the pike for Joe and Co....SO f’n transparent and predictable!!
The federal government has unlimited resources to complete security clearances as quickly as they desire.
THAT...the part about not communicating with witnesses...IS THE MOST EGREGIOUS PART OF THIS SHAM OF WITCH HUNT.
I hope PDJT has lawyers who are brilliant enough to see this as “unusual punishment.”
If Wagner overthrows Putin, Biden will look like a genius. There would be no stopping him on 2024.
“CRUEL and unusual punishment!”
i suspect the vaunted, ever evolving “Insurance Policy” to plague DJT has a predetermined calendar of scheduled disruptions to achieve that - so i’d be loathe to agree to any of their dates unless it is in DJT’s best interests. hopefully congressional R’s will have a similar schedule for Biden/administration official impeachments running parallel. if they want election interference let’s give it to ‘em.
2. Nothing can make Dementia Joe look like a genius today or any day.
Four months is a long time for Trump to run a campaign and *NOT* violate the gag order. DOJ leaks a tasty lie, Trump has to be silent.
This may actually help Trump with Independents. He has to focus on the future since he can’t litigate the past in public due to the gag order.
While I still support Trump, he is going to have to have to focus on the future to win.
Very good point!
The prosecution does not get time to prepare. When they file charges they should be ready to go the next morning.
Speedy trial rights. The defendant can request more time. Note from this amateur prosecutor.
“A significant number of TFTP-derived leads have been shared with European authorities and EU Member State Governments–more than 160,930 through December 2022.”
How does your comment and link correlate with the thread topic?
So, Biden’s Roland Freisler is oh so concerned about the defense having enough time to prepare that, it’s so touching to know he cares so much.
Just in case anyone doesn’t know who Jack Smith reminds me of, here’s a link to Roland Freisler’s story:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/roland-freisler
Makes sense to my non-legally trained mind.
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