Bummer
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Quite the accomplishment for Mr. Lauro, whose no. 1 goal is making Trump the victim of a corrupt and biased system set on getting him and his supporters. Even keel, judge.
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Your opinion, but I am not.
For example, m felony trials in Florida are set within 180 days from arraignment.
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Defense says they're going to raise the issue of "executive immunity" and will question whether this court even has jurisdiction in case. "We're going to have a very, very unique and extensive motion that deals with executive immunity"
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) August 28, 2023
And... defense attorney John Lauro tells judge the defense expects to file a "selective prosecution" motion... citing the 2024 campaign and Hunter Biden
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) August 28, 2023
Defense tells judge: "We're going to be back many, many times" arguing the novel issues in the case
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) August 28, 2023
Judge chuckles: "Can't wait"
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I know what dickering is.
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From the perspective of the court, this will more than annoy the judge because the court reporter cannot take down more than one speaker at a time. The judge will step in to help the reporter
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Judge Chutkan does not seem impressed with the hystrionics of the defense lawyer.
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Because less than four months to jury selection is so ridiculous that even the pretty good D.C. Circuit would probably set it aside. It’s just an opening offer aimed at setting expectations. Nothing that isn’t a parking ticket goes to jury trial in less than four months.
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Prosecutor uses defense attorney John Lauro's own words against him .... she says the night of the indictment, Lauro called the criminal case a "regurgitation" of the Jan 6 Select Cmte investigation
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) August 28, 2023
Indicating.. he understood the case quickly
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Which, if that were the rule in D.C. – which it is not – would result in jury selection kicking off in February, not December.
Lopping off 60 days is a big freaking deal when you’re starting with 180.
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Trump is an innocent man right now
Pro tip for those looking to get rejected from the jury pool for cause: make the argument that there’s a difference between “innocent” and “presumed innocent”.
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He was indicted on Aug. 1 and arraigned on Aug 3. That is 5 months (153 days) to the proposed trial date by protection.
Not 4 months.
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That was a good burn by the prosecutor. Ouch.
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Wrong by 50%.
Trump was arraigned on Aug 3. That is 5 months (153 days) to the proposed trial date by protection.
The judge appears visibly annoyed — eyebrows raised, tapping her pen on her desk — as Lauro explains that he has worked large cases before and going through discovery can be complex.
“This is an overwhelming task,” he said.
Hire more paralegals and clerks, asshole.
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Chutkan then reiterates that “this case is not going to trial in 2026”
2025 is also an excessively bullshit amount of time as well.
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Mid-December jury selection is 4.5 months from arraignment, and the date of arraignment is meaningless to Judge Chutkan’s trial date. If she scheduled this hearing for Feb. 1, she’d be abusing her discretion in the most outrageous way to send him to trial on Feb. 3.
And I expect you know that a 175 day felony setting in Florida is anything but written in stone. Extensions of the initial setting are utterly routine.
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Never said is was written in stone. I was pointing out that a 5 month lead to trail date is more than reasonable, and it remains so.