Trump is giving up on the special master case. Not appealing the 11th circuit decision.

[onenote]

For all of those who were convinced that the 11th circuit's order would be delayed by Trump appealing and getting the Supreme Court to put the decision on hold -- you can stop fretting.

As of today, the 11th Circuit's mandate will issue and DOJ will be free to use everything it found at Mar-a-Lago, except for those documents it concedes are subject to attorney-client privilege.

[SoCalDavidS]

1. Is He Unable To Ever Appeal The Case?

I asked this in another thread, but received no answer.

Can he decide in a week that he wants to appeal, and that would put a halt to whatever examination had begun? Or is he now barred from ever appealing the ruling?

[onenote]

3. Technically speaking he could change his mind and petition for certiorari

But once the mandate issues and DOJ is able to access the documents, it will be all but impossible to unring that bell. It already was highly unlikely that SCOTUS would agree to hear a challenge to the 11th Circuit's decision (having opted not to get involved when Trump challenged the earlier 11th Circuit decision that pertained specifically to the classified documents but relied on the same reasoning as the more recent decision ). Moreover, his failure not to make a timely attempt to stop the mandate from issuing makes it all but certain that SCOTUS would deny a petition for cert.

Interestingly, the latest breaking news is that DOJ has gone to court in DC for a contempt order against Trump's team for jerking them around with respect to the Mar-a-Lago documents; apparently, none of Trump's lawyers will step up and take responsibility as the custodian of Trump's documents and attest that there are no more classified documents out there.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/12/08/trump-contempt-mar-a-lago-records/

[Justice matters.]

9. Is hair furhair running out of gullible-greedy-crazy lawyers ready to risk...

losing their license over frivolous lawsuits - defense based on arguments with zero evidence, outright lies, or playing stupid games stretching the laws in the book

for no pay? Or even paid up front?

Whatta LOSER!

[ZonkerHarris]

2. the question is why not?

Too much money for Trump to continue?
The lawyers refused?
inquiring minds want to know...

[onenote]

4. It was certain that SCOTUS wouldn't step in and stop the mandate from issuing.

Remember, SCOTUS refused to step in and stop the 11th Circuit's previous decision pertaining to the classified documents from taking effect. The 11th Circuit's reasoning in that case was the same as in the case just decided with respect to the rest of the documents, so there was really no point.

[ZonkerHarris]

5. never stopped him or his lawyers before...

[onenote]

6. Example?

I can't think of a situation where he has gone to SCOTUS to challenge a decision where he previously sought, and failed, to get the Court to hear essentially the same decision from the same appeals court based on the same facts.

[inthewind21]

10. Huh

Coincidence or no? This week the Trump org was found guilty on all charges in NY state court. Trump org now has a court appointed monitor to monitor all financial transactions of the company. The senate was lost, the red wave didn't happen, he's being publicly dissed and blamed (Even FOX is piling on) and fundraising is drying up. My guess, he's out of money and out of rubes to keep paying for his what 507 current bogus court cases.

[Johonny]

7. Does the special master still get to bill him the expenses?

[inthewind21]

11. yes

That was what he agreed to in order to get the special master.

[yellowcanine]

8. Doesn't want another SCOTUS smack down.

When the facts are against you and the law is against you there is only so much table pounding one can do.

[Turbineguy]

12. The money is better spent

fueling his plane to escape to Russia.