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Mar-a-Lago Judge’s Stark Ruling: Jury Sees Secret Files or Trump Wins
Yahoo ^ | 3/18/24 | Jose Pagliery

Posted on 03/18/2024 10:09:24 PM PDT by CFW

The MAGA-friendly federal judge who keeps siding with Donald Trump in his Mar-a-Lago classified records case has forced prosecutors to make a stark choice: allow jurors to see a huge trove of national secrets or let him go.

U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon’s ultimatum Monday night came as a surprise twist in what could have been a simple order; one merely asking federal prosecutors and Trump’s lawyers for proposed jury instructions at the upcoming trial.

But as she has done repeatedly, Cannon used this otherwise innocuous legal step as yet another way to swing the case wildly in favor of the man who appointed her while he was president.

Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith must now choose whether to allow jurors at the upcoming criminal trial to peruse through the many classified records found at the former president’s South Florida mansion or give jurors instructions that would effectively order them to acquit him.

Alternatively, Smith could appeal to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, where more experienced judges have already overturned Cannon and reined her in. But doing that will only further delay a trial that’s at least three months behind schedule, entirely by the judge’s own design. (She froze the investigation and tried to slow-roll document review until the appellate court forced her to stop.)

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: cannon; classified; classifieddocs; dailybeast; florida; josepagliery; judgecannon; secrets; trump; univisionreporter; yahoo; yahoopropaganda
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To: CFW

WAPO PROPAGANDA at it’s finest despicable peak.


21 posted on 03/19/2024 12:28:48 AM PDT by antceecee
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To: SunkenCiv

Daniel Horowitz
@RMConservative
On the same day that SCOTUS blocked enforcement of the Texas sovereignty bill, it denied cert to the Indiana couple who had their child stolen for not using transgender pronouns. Once again, the federal courts are a one-way street and a dead end. They will always countermand our political gains in the states, but then in the states where the political system violates our rights, they will never be there for us. Only for the illegal invaders.


22 posted on 03/19/2024 12:28:54 AM PDT by CFW (I will not comply!)
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To: CFW

23 posted on 03/19/2024 12:32:35 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: CFW

When alleged national security-related documents or testimony are involved in criminal cases, the due process rights of the defendant trump the prosecutors desire to keep them away from the jury.

This falls within the definition of “graymail”.

This is very common when prosecuting individuals who are associated with alleged crimes by individuals involving state secrets.

I doubt Judge Cannon just pulled this order out of thin air. Jack Smith and Trump’s attorneys must have known this order was coming out today. Judge Cannon put the ball in Jack Smith’s court and let him make the decision.

You can bet your last dollar that the DOJ and Biden White House knew this order would be coming down.

The case law is clear that the jury must be presented with the documents that allegedly violated a criminal statute. It is so clear, that no Court of Appeals is going to reverse.


24 posted on 03/19/2024 12:38:54 AM PDT by WASCWatch ( WASC)
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To: CFW
References:

Presidential Records (44 U.S.C. Chapter 22)

And replies 4, 6, 7, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35, 36.



25 posted on 03/19/2024 12:49:31 AM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: CFW

Jack Smith “Judge, you can’t let the jury see them. They will see everything. They’ll see the big board!” Paraphasing Gen. “Buck” Turgidson… 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


26 posted on 03/19/2024 1:08:13 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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To: Lockbox
Jack Smith “Judge, you can’t let the jury see them. They will see everything. They’ll see the big board!” Paraphasing Gen. “Buck” Turgidson… 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


27 posted on 03/19/2024 1:49:10 AM PDT by henbane ( WAKE UP, AMERICA! The Dems & RINOs are eating you alive!)
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To: DesertRhino

A police state as in one under Castro, Mao or Stalin.

We’re close to having a Cultural Revolution similar to what happened under Mao. A certain BHO is right in the middle of organizing it.


28 posted on 03/19/2024 1:52:11 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: oldplayer

That was his hope. IMHO, he was probably hoping to show the redacted photos the FBI took of some folder on the floor, etc. ans say it was so sensitive, we had to redact the whole thing, here, just look at this page of blacked out text, and flash it in front of the jury and claim it was in the folder. Now, convict him, nowwwwwwwww!!!!!!!


29 posted on 03/19/2024 2:21:16 AM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: lastchance

That’s what he wanted. Now to see how he responds.


30 posted on 03/19/2024 2:23:02 AM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: matt04

What is to say the FBI/CIA/CDC/FFA/FCC/DOJ/BLM or whatever slips in documents that Trump never ever had. Who is going know the truth?
These people are so corrupt it makes me puke.


31 posted on 03/19/2024 2:37:36 AM PDT by spincaster
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To: DesertRhino

Maga friendly judge? They must mean law abiding….


32 posted on 03/19/2024 2:58:58 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: lastchance

If the documents are redacted is that not a denial of the right face one’s accusers and the evidence against him?


33 posted on 03/19/2024 3:10:43 AM PDT by NCLaw441
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To: noiseman; Liz; SunkenCiv; Red Badger; Kaslin; BenLurkin; Lazamataz; governsleastgovernsbest

ALL that we have “seen” (been told by the prosecutor) as “evidence” so far is a leaked photograph of empty folders on a piece of carpet.

And democrat party claims.


34 posted on 03/19/2024 3:11:38 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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Seems like you’d have to show the evidence to the jury. Though I’m not a judge or a yahoo journalist so what do I know


35 posted on 03/19/2024 3:15:37 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: escapefromboston

“Seems like you’d have to show the evidence to the jury. Though I’m not a judge or a yahoo journalist so what do I know”

I’m still waiting on the evidence of from Jan6 that put hundreds of law abiding citizens in prison for taking a white house tour.


36 posted on 03/19/2024 3:25:19 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Trump/Jennifer-Ruth Green in 24)
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To: CFW

The writers lament that the judge “MAGA friendly” is a tacit administration that its a political prosecution.


37 posted on 03/19/2024 3:46:01 AM PDT by AndyTheBear (Certified smarter than average for my species)
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To: CFW

“...where more experienced judges have already overturned Cannon and reined her in...”

“More experienced judges”??? “Reined her in”???

How’s that for objective analysis?


38 posted on 03/19/2024 3:46:10 AM PDT by odawg
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To: CFW

If they’re kept secrit
You must acquit


39 posted on 03/19/2024 4:01:55 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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I'm guessing the Judge has reviewed these files and know those documents are a big nothing.

There are just so many people who can mark their work as classified...a good example is Comey and his meeting with Trump.

40 posted on 03/19/2024 4:08:41 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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