In case you ever had an inkling of a germ of a doubt...🤬
Via Joyce Vance:
In the Mar-a-Lago case, Judge #Cannon has just refused to enforce a routine deadline & it's entirely clear she has no intention of letting this case go to trial before the election or possibly ever. #TrumpIndictment#Documents#legal
JUST IN: US judge Aileen #Cannon denies Special Counsel #JackSmith request to file 84 potential witnesses in the #Trump classified docs case under seal -- says the government does not explain why it is necessary and notes media coalition has moved to have it public. #legal
Judge #CANNON comes out swinging at special counsel this morning, striking two of prosecutors' sealed filings and demanding an explanation of "the legal propriety of using an out-of-district grand jury proceeding to continue to investigate" the docs case #legal#JackSmith#TrumpIndictment#Trump 1/…
As Trump’s classified docs prosecution goes forward, now w no pretense of trial before the election, Judge #Cannon appears poised to permit him to use pub hearings in the case to sound his campaign themes. 1/… #legal
Update from Ft. Pierce: Judge #Cannon did not set a trial date for the classified documents case during the morning session of the scheduling conference.
But she told prosecutors for the special counsel that their proposed July trial date is “unrealistic.”
👉 1/... "Prosecutors cd bring btw 30-45 addit'l criminal charges against #Trump in coming wks...
#DOJ made preparations to bring what is known as a “superseding indictment”—2nd set of charges against already-indicted defendant that cd incl more serious crimes — against T, & could do so in # of different venues, depending on how prosecutors feel case they have brought against him in #Florida federal court is proceeding...will depend in part on whether they feel #Cannon giving undue deference.."
New: As Judge #Cannon made debut at hearing in classif #documents case she appeared disinclined to grant #JackSmith request for Dec trial date but also seemed skeptical of #Trump/#Nauta bid to delay til after 2024 elec.
~2 hour hearing, Cannon peppered both defense & prosecutors w Qs abt anticip discovery & motion practice timeline.
But put off setting trial date indic instead she will enter written order “soon” #TrumpIndictment
“#Trump is expected to be in attendance Monday in #Florida when Judge Aileen #Cannon presides over a hearing in his classified #documents case in which attorneys will address issues surrounding the classified materials in question.
The hearings will be under seal & held in a SCIF -- a specially-equipped secure room for viewing highly classified materials -- located in Fort Pierce, Florida” #legal#TrumpIndictment
Hey Cannon? Recuse yourself. And I use "recuse" as a euphemism.
Via Kyle Cheney:
Judge #CANNON has denied DOJ's motion to set some key pretrial deadlines in December, saying she will not consider scheduling adjustments until March 1.
BREAKING: #JackSmith's team tells Judge #Cannon that a key witness in #Trump's Mar-a-Lago #documents case retracted false testimony after switching lawyers.
MORE: The new filing from Smith indicates that the D.C. grand jury investigating the documents case wrapped up its work last week.#legal
JUST IN: Judge #CANNON has denied #JackSmith's gag order request in FL, saying prosecutors' failure to confer with defense before filing it was "wholly lacking in substance and professional courtesy." #TrumpIndictment#documents#legal
Judge #Cannon is giving #Trump's legal team and the government 12 days to tell her how the SCOTUS decision upholding the CFPB's funding/appointment impacts Trump's claim that #JackSmith was unlawfully appointed and funded...
“Quick update on tense dispute between Judge #Cannon & govt in USA v #Trump (MaL): ln trying to persuade Cannon to reconsider her order last week to unseal identities of >24 “participants” in probe, including some witnesses & their statements ...” #legal#TrumpIndictment#documents
What's most troubling about #Cannon entertaining #Trump's Presidential Records Act argument is that's she's SEEN all the records now, during the Sec. 4 hearing. She knows they are all highly classified intel products. And yet she's still entertaining this "personal" record BS.
“In an open display of frustration, federal prosecutors on Tuesday night told the judge overseeing #Trump’s classified #documents case that a “fundamentally flawed” order she had issued was causing delays & asked her to quickly resolve a critical dispute about 1 of Trump’s defenses — leaving them time to appeal if needed.
The unusual & risky move by the prosecutors, contained in a 24-pg filing, signaled their mounting impatience w Judge #Cannon” #legal
JUST IN: Judge #Cannon has signed an order to govern the handling of classified info in the Trump #documents case.
It's the product of a sealed hearing she led yesterday and includes explicit restrictions on what #Trump can do with classified info.
The standard language governing classified info in the Trump documents case is also surprisingly close to the government's actual case against Trump #legal
UPDATE: #Trump team is now complaining to Judge #Cannon that special counsel has proposed jury selection in Washington D.C. on Dec. 11, the same day as one of Cannon's pretrial hearings.
They are asking her to take "appropriate action," whatever that means.
If you are wondering why Judge #Cannon issued on 8/7, without the defense requesting it, an Order directing the government why it was using a non-FLA grand jury, here is an answer: on 8/6 former #Trump lawyer was on Fox raising that entirely bogus issue. #TrumpIndictment#ClusterFox