Posted on 03/19/2024 5:20:12 AM PDT by Red Badger
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 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.)
Trump and two lackeys were indicted last year for hoarding classified documents at the South Florida oceanside mansion, which doubles as a social club that’s become a mandatory stop for aspiring Republican politicians. Trump is fighting off 39 felony counts for keeping national defense information without authorization and trying to cover it up.
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Or, at least, some minions.
You can get Minions at Walmart.........................
I, too am lacking lackeys.
“In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial”
The public needs to see the evidence too.
Trump is an old man and faces 37 counts as I recollect.
Pick a few documents that were sensitive when Biden was sworn in but no longer are.
Wonderfully biased writing.
Biden doesn’t lack lackeys.
It’s the Daily Beast, so no surprise..................
The author, Jose Pagliery, writes Muck for the Daily Beast but learned his “craft” doing CNN training.
Bias in every phrase.
90% of corporate media are anti-Christian and anti-MAGA. They hate Trump, Christians and MAGA.
While speaking about the potential loss of U.S. auto manufacturing jobs to foreign countries, former President Donald Trump said if he isn't elected, “it's going to be a bloodbath for the country.”
When these so-called professionals take what was clearly meant to be a metaphor and twist it to say Trump is threatening the nation if he's not elected - that tells us how vile and dishonest the anti-Christian, anti-MAGA controllers of corporate media are.
The question I have is this: When the media and other politicized institutions are outright and knowingly lying about a person, why aren't they being sued for libel and slander? If our current laws protect them, then our laws need to change. The same is true for politicians who can lie through their teeth while speaking in Congress. Think Schiff. Our current laws need to hold these liars accountable and not give them a pass as it currently stands.
Wow. No bias here. /s
Yes, I was trying to recall the last time I saw a “news” article that led off by referencing the Biden/Obama/Democrat-friendly judges and DA’s who’ve been presiding over the persecution and prosecution of PDJT.
I believe it was the twelfth of never.
SCOTUS ruling back in the 70’s basically said that if you are public official, it’s open season on you as far as speech goes.
IIRC, Ted Kennedy had sued National Lampoon for their famous/infamous fake VW Beetle ad that showed a VW floating and said if he had been driving one of these he would be president...................
One judge comes down on Trump’s side a couple times and she is the bad guy.
Of course this foul hit piece is meant as a bully factor to this judge.
How dare she do this? hey judge, nice lookin’ family you got there, it would be sad if something were to.....
It was Comey and his memos that led me to this conclusions. He classified them and then he declassified them when he got caught passing stuff to the media.
What classifying does is shorten the list of who can see them.
So who knows what they really have. I would guess that ALL the "supposed" classified documents that the President has are copies only.
I think (hoping) the judges decision is going to be a "gotcha" moment for not only the NARA but the entire crew of conspirators to keep Trump out of the race.
Wow! is Jose biased, or what??
The declassified documents ? Which is suppose to be all of them ?
It’s Daily Beast, they are left of Mao................
Maga friendly judge? What makes her a Maga friendly judge? The fact that she hasn’t auctioned off Mar a lago to the government yet?
Its so bad I even have to post my own comments on Free Republic….
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