Federal prosecutors on Thursday offered a look at the way in which they plan to handle a central question to their prosecution of President Donald Trump: how will they protect secret materials at the heart of one of the most publicized cases in American history?
I am DYING to see what Lose Cannon does with the scheduling request.
ETA: Cat picture, as required.
Canon is consulting the ouija board again.
Iāll defer to the legal eagles on this one, but Cannon can do whatever she wants, pretty much. Yes, the appeals court might do some damage to her ruling, but she will be on record as having supported her President by all means possible.
And isnāt that really what sheās all about?
Trump said that Cannon should hold back due to the presence of secret evidence, Trumpās busy schedule, and the upcoming 2024 presidential election.
I donāt know if that is what defense attorneys do as a matter of course, if itās a trial balloon to test Cannonās known bias, or if itās a sign of desperation. Regardless of the motivation, itās an insult to the judicial process and the intelligence of the general thinking public.
And when the facts and the law are against youā¦
TBF: That aināt really Mr. Trumpās demographic base.
I somehow missed that. Really? If it hadnāt already happened, a sharp fiction writer friendly to Chump could have whipped up a meringue of exactly such light and airy bullshit. āIn my hand I hold the names of 20 FBI agents who are guilty of blah blah blahā
We can hope sheās capable of learning from past mistakes. I sure do.
That cat looks familiar.
I await the day when the cell door slams shut behind āthe donaldā and he then is alone with his conscience. No phone, no adoring crowd. No way out. No more delays.
āLoseā cat, loose Cannon!
You lost me at āconscienceā. Iāve seen no evidence he has one.
The best description Iāve heard of Fat Donny is ānarcissistic nihilistā. He values only himself, and he is fabulous
So, it would somehow āviolate Mr Trump;s rightsā to run for president to have to answer for his crimes in a court of law?
Weigh this against āit would endanger the security of the United States to allow a person who disrespects the nationās most sensitive secrets in a near-treasonous manner to NOT be tried for these actions, and make it possible to actually HALT his run for the presidency.ā
In shorter words, āLock him upā if possible.
Really. Itās on a branch and looks kind of cute, but Iām not seeing it;.
Can someone please explain why the contents of the classified documents canāt be reviewed by a court-appointed discovery master (Cannon already knows how to appoint one) and summarized for the jury and defense without disclosing confidential or secret national-defense information. Also, the Espionage Act charges, I believe, donāt depend upon the classification status of any of the documents. And for the counts that do require that the documents are classified, isnāt an expert opinion that they were properly classified and never declassified, along with a general explanation of why they were classified, sufficient for the cast to proceed to trial?
Itās a master of disguise, obviously.
Emptywheel speaks to exactly this issue in a post from a couple of days ago. The upshot: secrecy apparently wasnāt an issue when Trump requested and was granted the Special Master last year, but it apparently is an issue now.
