DOJ Tries To Sidestep MAGA Judge With Quick Appeal, Enraging Trump

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Justice Department asked an appeals court last week to do an end run around the Florida federal judge that keeps contorting the law in favor of former President Trump.

The DOJ’s move has infuriated the former President, who complained to the same court on Monday that speeding up the case at all would damage him — with more bluster that he faces an investigation from his “political opponent.”

Federal prosecutors on Friday asked the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to invalidate an order from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon for the Southern District of Florida, a Trump appointee, installing a special master in the case.

That independent arbiter — U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie for the Eastern District of New York — was hand-picked by Trump after Cannon took the unheard of step of halting the DOJ’s pre-indictment investigation into records that Trump stashed at Mar-a-Lago after his presidency ended. The 11th Circuit stayed that order as it applied to classified records.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/doj-tries-to-sidestep-maga-judge-with-quick-appeal-enraging-trump/ar-AA12xKoA

Hope his head explodes.

[FSogol]

1. K&R n/t

[2naSalit]

2. I want him to...

Die behind bars, knowing he'll never get out.

[SergeStorms]

16. I'll settle for....

the first five words of your statement, as long as it happens relatively soon.

[malaise]

3. Doe he ever fuming stop

Indict this monster

[liberal N proud]

4. The trump damage to our courts will last for decades

DECADES!

[yortsed snacilbuper]

11. Lifetime appointments,

some of those crooked judges will be around for decades!

[belpejic]

5. The Slobfather looks horrible in that picture

What's up with that bandage on his wrist?

I guess he'll be like a zombie, though. Keep on moving, years after the brain has stopped effectively functioning.

Still, he's gotta be pushing 300 lbs in that picture. Keep eating those Big Macs and KFC, Two Scoops! And snorting that Adderall, or whatever it is you do that gets you out of bed in the morning!

[Girard442]

6. There were previous photos of Trump with a bandage on his wrist.

Would be a shame if some quack doctor was giving him IVs of bad meds, dontcha think.

[UTUSN]

7. K&R

[onenote]

8. Question: Why didn't DOJ ask the court to stay the current process during the expedited appeal?

Answer: DOJ is caught between a rock and a hard place. If the review is stayed and then the court rules against DOJ (which can't be ruled out), then the review is delayed by several months. If they don't ask for a stay, even if they get the expedited timeline, the review will be well underway by the time the court would rule, which makes it harder for the court to justify intervening on an expedited basis.

Trump's filing shows, for a rare moment, that an experienced attorney is involved. The original schedule set by the 11th Circuit called for DOJ's brief to be filed by October 19, Trump's opposition by November 18, and DOJ's reply by December 9 (although DOJ could file earlier than that if it wanted). DOJ's expedited schedule would move up the deadline for its brief to October 14, with Trump being given 20 days (until November 4 ) to oppose and DOJ would have 7 days (until Nov. 11) to reply. Trump's pleading accepts the expedited schedule that DOJ proposed, with one modification -- he wants the same 30 days to reply to the appeal that he would have under the 11th Circuit's original schedule (and the court rules) not the 20 days DOJ has proposed. That would put the deadline for Trump's opposition at November 14 and DOJ's reply at Nov. 21. Oral argument would follow the filing of the DOJ reply -- DOJ wants it held as soon as possible after the filing of its brief, while Trump wants it delayed until after the new year.

It will be interesting to see how the court reacts to this. They might well give Trump his extra ten days, but still forge ahead with an expedited oral argument. But any way you slice it, the case isn't likely to be decided until mid December at earliest and by then, as mentioned, the document review will be all but over, given that Cannon's current schedule calls for it to be wrapped up by December 16.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. Trump attorney Chris Kise opposed DOJ's effort to expedite its appeal of Cannon's special master

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. This filing is really stupid

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[scipan]

14. Will this be decided by the same 3 judge panel?

[Buns_of_Fire]

12. What DOESN'T "enrage" El Porko?

A court ruling goes against him. He's enraged.

A butt-hickey gets infected. He lashes out.

A bublican doesn't give him a butt-hickey. He trashes them and their family.

He gets his teeny weenie caught in the zipper. He sues the zipper company.

His diaper springs a leak. He's infuriated (and squishy).

Geez. Just die already.

[ificandream]

13. I hope he's getting very nervous ... :)

[ShazzieB]

15. I love seeing the phrase "enraging Trump" in the title of an OP.

In fact, I love seeing that phrase, period, because it means that somebody, somewhere, is doing something right.

I got lost trying to understand the details about what Trump wants vs. what the DOJ wants and decided 1. I don't have the patience to sort out all the minutiae, and 2. In any dispute between TFG and the DOJ, I already know it's the DOJ who's going to be right and not the bloviating liar king.

[forgotmylogin]

17. I was going to say the same thing! n/t

[LetMyPeopleVote]

18. Appeals court *grants* DOJ motion to expedite appeal of Judge Cannon's order

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