Tuesday, June 13, 2023

The problem of Aileen Cannon may not be a problem

Because [the documents case against Donald Trump] includes national defense information as defined by the Espionage Act, it will be governed by the rules of the Confidential Information Production Act, or CIPA.

[...]

[According to former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance, because it's a CIPA case, if] Judge Cannon makes a ridiculous ruling that DoJ wants to appeal, SHE does NOT get to set the briefing schedule. The DoJ can appeal IMMEDIATELY to the 11th circuit - the same circuit that vacated TWO of Cannon's rulings in the Special Master case.

Further, DoJ can utilize that trigger to IMMEDIATELY ask the 11th circuit to reassign the case to a different judge. No delay allowed under CIPA - at least not a substantial one. This will prevent Cannon from delaying unnecessarily, and hopefully make her think twice about issuing ridiculous rulings lest she be thrown off the case in short order.

  Mueller, She Wrot

By the way, Jack Smith was present today at Trump's arraignment.  Sizing up the defendant?
The appearance of Smith is significant, given that Jay Bratt, who leads the Justice Department’s counterintelligence division, is listed in court filings as the sole lead attorney in the case.

  Washington Examiner
Or staring him down?
Mr Smith reportedly cut an intimidating figure.

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Hugo Lowell of The Guardian and other journalists reported that Mr Smith sat in the front row during Mr Trump’s arraignment on federal charges related to his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House in 2021 and “stared towards the former president for essentially the entire appearance.”

  MSN
Mr. Smith goes to Washington next. He's already got a Grand Jury there.  I just wanted to say Mr. Smith goes to Washington. Perhaps there will be an indictment for Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election.


UPDATE 06/14/2023:


I'm tempted.

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