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Judge dismisses classified documents indictment against Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ^ | 7/15/2024 | Devlin Barrett and Perry Stein

Posted on 07/15/2024 7:08:06 AM PDT by bitt

Judge dismisses classified documents indictment against Donald Trump.

The federal judge overseeing the classified documents charges against former president Donald Trump has dismissed the indictment on the grounds that special counsel Jack Smith was improperly appointed, according to a new court filing Monday.

U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon’s ruling is a remarkable win for Trump, whose lawyers have thrown longshot argument after longshot argument to dismiss the case. Other courts have rejected similar arguments to the one that he made in Florida about Smith’s unlawful appointment.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cannon; casedismissed; classifieddocs; jacksmith; lawfare; specialcounsel

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To: bitt

Starting out to be a pretty decent week!


41 posted on 07/15/2024 7:28:34 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: bitt

Lady Cannon has fired her shot,
blowing a smoking hole into the artificial judicial walls that Jack built. Walls now collapsed in silence.


42 posted on 07/15/2024 7:29:21 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Reno89519

Will the judge in the DC side of this case also dismiss?

No.


43 posted on 07/15/2024 7:29:50 AM PDT by iamgalt
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To: ConservativeDude
And, incidentally, someone is not a “convicted felon” until they are sentenced....Trump is NOT a convicted felon and likely will never be.

Yep, it's been a couple bad weeks for Biden fans. Now they can't use their one and only campaign strategy, demonize Trump.

44 posted on 07/15/2024 7:29:52 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: bitt

The judge needs to send the bill for Smith’s fishing expedition to Merrick Garland along with a seizure of all his assets until the bill is paid in full.


45 posted on 07/15/2024 7:30:12 AM PDT by HalfIrish
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To: hardspunned
"I think these Lawfare hacks looked at Trump yesterday and realized Trump’s gloves were now off. They’ll all be skedaddling out of town now."


A bloodied warrior, stands up in the midst of battle and shouts . . . . .

46 posted on 07/15/2024 7:30:56 AM PDT by knarf (BEC)
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To: bitt

Boom! Now for bragg’s 🐂💨💩


47 posted on 07/15/2024 7:31:04 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: rktman
Boom! Now for bragg’s

Bragg's will wither on the vine, sentencing will never happen.

48 posted on 07/15/2024 7:32:33 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: bitt

All of these cases against Trump were always going to go away. Their purpose was to wake the public up.


49 posted on 07/15/2024 7:32:39 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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Where are the Eeyores who perpetually bitch about Trump’s judicial nominees? Get. Bent.


50 posted on 07/15/2024 7:34:43 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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To: bitt

Will this action affect any of the other cases or is it an isolated ruling?


51 posted on 07/15/2024 7:37:38 AM PDT by navymom1 (I am voting for President Trump and you should too!)
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To: sweetiepiezer

My favorite rendition of that famous song! It was also played at Ronald Reagan’s funeral.


52 posted on 07/15/2024 7:50:22 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: Reno89519
Will the judge in the DC side of this case also dismiss?

The female amish Obammy appointment? No way. She will eventually be overruled.

53 posted on 07/15/2024 7:52:23 AM PDT by HandBasketHell
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To: BobL

“On top of everything else, she did us a HUGE FAVOR by dragging it out so long. Next to impossible for the case to be restarted.”

Good point. And yes, timing IS everything. Especially in politics.


54 posted on 07/15/2024 7:53:12 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: bitt

Just watched CNN on the matter. The news “reporter” immediately suggested that the Appeals Court remove this judge when they appeal the case. Not even a semblance of objectivity.


55 posted on 07/15/2024 7:58:29 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: bitt
"Judge dismisses classified documents indictment against Trump"

What is the running total so far for all the democrat sponsored spurious indictments against Trump costing the American tax payer?
56 posted on 07/15/2024 8:02:59 AM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: 1Old Pro

Yep. As predicted, lawfare against Trump is falling apart case by case by case...

Now they’re turning to assassination to get rid of their opponents, just as in the 3rd world.


57 posted on 07/15/2024 8:03:00 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: Bon of Babble
Yep. As predicted, lawfare against Trump is falling apart case by case by case... Now they’re turning to assassination to get rid of their opponents, just as in the 3rd world.

persistent devils

58 posted on 07/15/2024 8:05:42 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: bitt

This case was selective prosecution anyway. No ex President has ever been prosecuted under the Espionage Act of 1917 even though they typically took National Defense Information and other Federal records with them when they left office (they were still declassifying some of Eisenhower’s paper just a few years ago). It is pretty obvious that the possession element of the Espionage Act never was intended to apply to ex President’s who retained their authorization to access National Defense Information even after they left office. The Presidential Records Act has no penalty provision so that is a dead end. You cannot have a criminal conspiracy without an underlying crime and if there is no Espionage Act violation there cannot be any conspiracy.


59 posted on 07/15/2024 8:16:53 AM PDT by XRdsRev (Justice for Bernell Trammell, black Trump supporter, executed in the street in broad daylight 2020.)
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To: bitt

Jack Smith should lose his law license. He’s not practicing law, he’s just waging lawfare against his political opponents. Marchan, Braggs and Fani are a joke, and Merrick Garland is the worst AG in history.

Winning!~


60 posted on 07/15/2024 8:19:09 AM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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