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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He has a crappy case and needs time for more shenanigans. He is already up to no good because that is what he does.
He’s obviously getting his order from Rat Party Headquarters. And what would they want? Maximum damage to DJT in the summer/fall of ‘24 would be my guess.
Strange move. All the legal analysts I’ve seen discuss this have said he wanted to speed things up as much as possible while Trump had every incentive to delay it until well after the election.
Agree, it is a surprising move with my limited trial strategy knowledge.
Hell. Extend it past the inauguration date in 2025.
The DEMONIC Jack Smith needs to have More time to MANUFACTURE more “crimes”!
Smith also noted additional time needed for defense counsel to obtain security clearance. This set off the BS alarms.
Will be funny if the Trumps team says they don’t want to delay it. He has no case so let’s get it over. Do not give him time to make stuff up.
Interesting thought. I can see positives and negatives for extended delays.
The judge should defer to the defense and if they say nah…. Then lets go.
Trump should just say speedy trial act. I am ready to go NOW.
One reason to delay it is to keep a cloud over Trump. It is likely a Florida jury will promptly acquit, and Jack Smith will look like the jackass he is.
Even many Freepers here on this site with no legal background were saying there was no way in hell the trial would start in August. We were basing that on our own experience with the legal system.
I have news for y’all, too … this trial ain’t starting four months later, either.
This would probably be the best thing to do. I say that because if Trump would win, he can pardon himself. If he doesn’t, the charges would probably be dropped because Trump is no threat anymore to them and too much time has gone by.
Best thing would be for this case to be thrown out because it is bogus.
They need to stall it out until the election gets closer. Then have 24/7 news coverage of the trial depicting Trump as the next Hitler.
I think they withhold that fact because it would energize the pro-Trump opposition.
I was hoping the judge would dismiss with prejudice. He has no evidence and is stretching the wrong law to make it fit. Same with the case in ny.
The case should just be thrown out on its face. Even if everything alleged by prosecution happened the law they cite does not apply anyway.
“NSA, along with its IC partners, spent over two years, from 2014 to 2016 looking for Hajji Iman. This search was ultimately successful, primarily because of Section 702. Indeed, based almost exclusively on intelligence activities under Section 702, NSA collected a significant body of foreign intelligence about the activities of Hajji Iman and his associates.”
“Based on Section 702 collection, CIA alerted a foreign partner to the presence within its borders of an al-Qaeda sympathizer. The foreign partner investigated the individual and subsequently recruited him as a source. Since his recruitment, the individual has continued to work with the foreign partner against al-Qaeda and ISIS affiliates within the country.”
https://www.dni.gov/files/icotr/Section702-Basics-Infographic.pdf
Keep that under your hats, or between two newspapers.
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