You Will Anyway: Aileen Cannon's troubling ruling

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Aileen Cannon's troubling ruling

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE 04:28 pm: She's absolutely pathetic.

UPDATE 08/09/2023: Andew Weissmann discusses the issue on MSNBC.

Alex Wagner: "Cannon 0.0, Beta testing."

UPDATE 08/09/2023 12:02 pm:

Most of the classified documents case is being handled out of Cannon's district in South Florida, but some grand jury work in the case was also conducted in Washington D.C., where the former president was also recently indicted for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

Cannon took issue with this and questioned why a grand jury heard evidence in D.C. after Trump had already been indicted by a grand jury in Florida, demanding an explanation from Smith by Aug. 22.

"Based on her order, it appears that Cannon is crossing into the government's lane," former U.S. Attorney Barb McQuade, a University of Michigan law professor, told Salon. "Under the constitutional separation of powers structure, the executive branch has sole authority to investigate and charge criminal offenses. There is no reason the special counsel cannot investigate related charges in other districts."

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"It may be awkward, but the special counsel may need to politely tell Judge Cannon to butt out," she added.

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But criminal defense attorney Julia Jayne of the San Francisco Bay area Jayne Law Group said it is unusual for a case to be investigated by grand juries in different jurisdictions.

"Unless this is some play to drop Florida charges and have it proceed elsewhere – say Washington D.C., where the documents originated from – this is an odd development," Jayne said. "If the special counsel wants to add charges or continue investigating the classified documents case, that would typically be done in the same jurisdiction the charges are pending. In this case, that would be Florida."

Salon

I can imagine it might just be Smith's hedge, assuming he might have to ask for a change of venue considering Cannon's inexperience and obvious attempts to favor Trump.

Cannon was appointed to the bench by Trump after he lost the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden.

Somebody else anticipating a legal need.

UPDATE 08/10/2023:

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