I completely disagree with this statement.
First, the Bragg trial should have been brought in 2017. The FEC looked at it and passed, the DoJ looked at it and passed, SDNY looked at it and passed, and the prior Manhattan DA looked at it and passed. The only reason Bragg is bringing it now is that the former SDNY prosecutor who wanted to bring the case quit in disgust and then wrote a book essentially shaming Bragg into bringing the case.
That had nothing to do with Trump.
Second, the documents case with Smith was first brought to a DC grand jury. After Smith got the grand jury indictment he moved the case to Florida. This annoyed the Florida judge and she made Smith explain the two jurisdictions and why he didn't pursue a grand jury in Florida if the case was going to be heard in Florida.
Also, due to the nature of the classified documents, Smith wanted to "fast track" the case via the "speedy trial" clause of the 6th amendment by reviewing the documents seized at Mar-a-Lago ASAP. Trump argued that "speedy trial" was a protection of the defense to keep the government from dragging it out to punish via the process. Trump wanted his due process and that meant the parties coming to an agreement on how the documents that were claimed to be classified were going to be handled. The judge appointed a special master to review the documents first to decide what was personal and what was government property. Smith appealed to the 11th circuit who overturned Cannon's special master decision and let the DoJ access the documents directly. They also had to create a SCIF and ensure that all the parties in the case had the proper clearances to handle classified documents.
That was Trump exercising his rights under the Constitution against an overly aggressive Special Prosecutor.
Regarding the January 6th case, Trump brought up significant questions of presidential immunity and prosecutorial abuse of targeting former Presidents over political disputes that the incoming party previously lost. J6 may have been the hook, but Trump might be arguing that the only reason that J6 is a "thing" is to prosecute Trump for his political decisions.
This is still ongoing, but the issue is larger than Trump.
Regarding the Atlanta RICO case, there really isn't much to say. Fani Willis concocted a RICO indictment because that's all she knows and was successful at before, but she runs an incredibly incompetent office rife with contractor billing abuse, misappropriated county funds, government grant abuse, and sexual harassment and hostile work environment.
That had nothing to do with Trump.
-PJ
If it had been rushed like Smith wanted, we'd have never found out about the emails between Archives and the White House discussing the pallet of boxes that GSA packed and stored in a warehouse that Archives found.
We would have never found out about what appears to have been a setup of Trump by having Archives ship the boxes to Mar-a-Lago and then have the FBI raid Mar-a-Lago for said boxes.
It may all have been one big coincidence in timing, but Smith redacting those emails from Trump's defense sure doesn't smell good.
-PJ
First, it was Cyrus Vance, Jr in 2017. Not Bragg. Bragg took over the office in 2021 and initially, to many Freeper’s delight, off the table. However, could Trump have stood trial in 2017-2021? A state trial vs federal. But I agree it should have been brought as soon as possible and maybe even a handoff from Vance to Bragg. However Trump was applying the brakes as soon as it was brought back from the dead. And we know he quickly announced his canadacy when the feds were looking serious and has been applying the brakes anyway possible. I’ve always taken the position, whether it’s Trump or Hunter or Joe, quickly have a trial to show your innocence. If this is simple knock it out of the ballpark as Turley, Levin, Dersh and Jarret claim it is why delay it?