Posted on 09/10/2024 12:01:55 PM PDT by Jacquerie
Special Counsel Jack Smith has filed superseding indictments against former President Donald Trump, despite a federal judge previously ruling Smith was unlawfully appointed to pursue. Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding to know who authorized this new indictment.
In July, Judge Aileen Cannon ruled that Smith was unlawfully appointed to his prosecution of Trump for attempting to overturn the 2020 Election. As Fox News described, the prosecutor filed a new, amended indictment into a separate probe, which Rep. Gaetz suggests has even less legal validity in his letter.
"It is unclear what authority Special Counsel Smith has to file either of these briefs or to provide services to the Department of Justice," the Florida Congressman wrote.
As a result, Rep. Gaetz demanded that AG Garland turn over any written authorization or legal opinions that were cited in allowing Smith to continue pursuing Trump, and if Smith's office consulted with Garland, the Deputy Attorney General, or the Public Integrity Section when considering the filing of the new indictment.
"Jack Smith is . . . somewhat of a lunatic."
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I doubt if Garland will tell the truth. After all, why start now?
Who is going to make him?
Who? Just about every unelected bureaucrat in the federal government, that’s who....
So it was Kamala or maybe Biden or maybe Obama or maybe Soros or even maybe Trump,who according to the Lame Street Media or internet billionaires or Deep State just wanted publicity.
Fake law from a fake government installed by fake “elections”.
obama is still the boss...
In Texas we would file a Rule 12 motion demanding the attorney show authority to act on behalf of the client. That puts the burden on the attorney to show he/she IS authorized.
Meanwhile, (Per Julie Kelly) yesterday the DC appellate court vacated the 1512(c)(2) convictions of eleven J6 defendants including Guy Reffitt, the first J6er convicted at trial.
What a total humiliation of the DOJ and 17 DC judges (including Pan) who allowed this wrongful prosecution to happen in the 1st place.
At face value it would appear the judges abused their offices and deserve no immunity.
Let Scotus apply their three-tier test to the judiciary.
No!
Why do people keep saying this? Obama is a complete fraud. He may not be suffering from dementia like the Biden-puppet, but the Obama-puppet is still just a puppet.
Listen to him talk for five minutes and you’ll see he’s not the mastermind of anything.
How so? You don’t think locking ordinary citizens up on a literal gulag for almost four years had the desired chilling effect on exerci 1A rights?
Judge has already ruled Smith is unconstitutional. Trump can ignore his filings.
Judge has already ruled Smith is unconstitutional. Trump can ignore his filings.
Cannon’s ruling is based on Clarence Thomas’s separate, concurring opinion in which he questioned the constitutionality of Smith’s appointment.
I know. I get it. What she based it on and how she actually ruled are 2 different things.
Wouldn’t he have had to go back to a grand jury to get a new indictment?
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