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Peacetrain

(23,689 posts)
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 04:02 PM Jan 10

Trump Dealt Major Blow as Judge Cannon's Ruling Struck Down

https://newrepublic.com/post/190082/donald-trump-judge-aileen-cannons-jack-smith-report

An appeals court has denied an emergency motion from two of Donald Trump’s co-defendants to stop the release of a report on the president-elect’s felony classified documents case.

Special counsel Jack Smith’s team had asked the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision blocking the report’s release in favor of Carlos De Oliveira, the property manager of Mar-a-Lago, and Walt Nauta, a Trump aide who was photographed carrying large boxes around the estate. The court agreed with Smith’s side, ruling Thursday that the report could be released after three days.
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Trump Dealt Major Blow as Judge Cannon's Ruling Struck Down (Original Post) Peacetrain Jan 10 OP
Get thee to the greatest page malaise Jan 10 #1
K&r Ninga Jan 10 #2
Hope we don't get another Mueller or Fitzgerald report. Silent Type Jan 10 #3
We will. Evolve Dammit Jan 10 #16
Totally DENVERPOPS Jan 11 #54
That story needs to be told as well as the insurrection and who planned and paid for it. Wonder who all the actors were. Evolve Dammit Jan 11 #57
I think that the entire document will come out somehow eventually. totodeinhere Jan 11 #63
Has any judge ever gone more out of their way to HELP a high profile defendant than Cannon? Blue_Tires Jan 10 #4
They don't care whether we take them seriously or not. Boomerproud Jan 10 #6
Rarified? NoRethugFriends Jan 10 #28
Both work for me. generalbetrayus Jan 11 #35
She's completely sold herself to Don John: her price just isn't public knowledge yet struggle4progress Jan 10 #13
Don't you mean endgenocide Jan 10 #34
K&R, report due out in 3 days (Sunday) unless more appeals shennanigans UTUSN Jan 10 #5
With all them millions going to his inaugural... Kid Berwyn Jan 10 #7
Pardons OrangeJoe Jan 10 #8
He does have some very good handlers, evidently in very high places and very deep pockets. LiberalArkie Jan 10 #11
Don the Con has had many many years practice.... groundloop Jan 10 #19
EXACTLY!!!! Misdirection. Callie1979 Jan 10 #26
Yeah he ain't gonna buy any damn land Dem4life1234 Jan 11 #44
The USSC is corrupted. EndlessWire Jan 10 #22
He can be both a moron and clever at the same time. yellow dahlia Jan 10 #29
How about DENVERPOPS Jan 11 #59
Yes. To lie is to breathe. yellow dahlia Jan 11 #60
Agree DENVERPOPS Jan 11 #62
I just realized I spelled breathe wrong. yellow dahlia Jan 11 #64
He's a moron about government and helping the U.S. not fooled Jan 12 #65
I don't like using the word hate, but Butterflylady Jan 10 #33
Unlike the great monsters of history Mao, Hitler, Stalin ... speak easy Jan 11 #41
This! Dem4life1234 Jan 11 #45
Sadism for sadism's sake. speak easy Jan 11 #47
They sure do enjoy cruelty don't they? Dem4life1234 Jan 11 #48
The more outrageous fact is that the media isn't Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 11 #61
3 days is enough time for the Corrupt Supremes to intervene. mn9driver Jan 10 #9
Aileen Cannon is totally corrupt. She must go. Yesterday is fine by me LilElf70 Jan 10 #10
There is a judiciary review board... rasputin1952 Jan 10 #14
They take care of their own. Like Doctors. Very limited accountability. Evolve Dammit Jan 10 #17
Reprimanded? That wouldn't make a damn bit of difference. calimary Jan 11 #40
I agree... rasputin1952 Jan 11 #42
Agreed Blue_Tires Jan 10 #25
If one was truly innocent wouldn't you want the report released MagickMuffin Jan 10 #12
That's for those who do not commit crimes rasputin1952 Jan 10 #15
Of course, but this is a very "deep state" issue MagickMuffin Jan 10 #18
Trump looks awful. True Blue American Jan 10 #21
He definitely lost weight Dem4life1234 Jan 11 #46
Ozempic for weight loss. magicarpet Jan 11 #51
Only 42%? Dem4life1234 Jan 11 #55
Remember, even Donnie didn't at any point claim to be innocent Blue_Tires Jan 10 #24
Wooooo hooooo! At last, we've seen a couple of wins. Tiny wins, sure. But wins. LaMouffette Jan 10 #20
I'd be willing to let Nauta and the other defendant go EndlessWire Jan 10 #23
they wer charged in order to encourage them to turn states evidence rampartd Jan 10 #27
I second that emotion. yellow dahlia Jan 10 #30
Pardoned OrangeJoe Jan 11 #52
"Major Blow" to what? BlueTsunami2018 Jan 10 #31
yeppers. msfiddlestix Jan 11 #37
Bloviatedtea headlines click bait msfiddlestix Jan 11 #39
LOL @ "Major Blow" maxsolomon Jan 10 #32
now for an emergency appeal to Alito et al msfiddlestix Jan 11 #36
K&R spanone Jan 11 #38
Love hearing good news Dem4life1234 Jan 11 #43
Quick! Release it before they appeal to some kangaroo court again. Liberal In Texas Jan 11 #49
The only blow Trump gets is snorted up his nose. Emile Jan 11 #50
no blows were struck. none of this matters. NoRethugFriends Jan 11 #53
"Major Blow"? Yes, the current situation certainly blows, as will the next four years. hatrack Jan 11 #56
Now release the damn thing before the Supreme Court can weigh in. AdamGG Jan 11 #58
Maybe, have yet to see the report. republianmushroom Jan 12 #66

DENVERPOPS

(10,470 posts)
54. Totally
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 10:53 AM
Jan 11

redacted like most of the Mueller Report. Someone needs to leak the document in it's entirety, "National Security" bull shit be damned. Trump and Jared have already sold all the top-top secret National Security Info long ago to our sworn enemies......

Evolve Dammit

(19,515 posts)
57. That story needs to be told as well as the insurrection and who planned and paid for it. Wonder who all the actors were.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 12:26 PM
Jan 11

totodeinhere

(13,447 posts)
63. I think that the entire document will come out somehow eventually.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 05:10 PM
Jan 11

It may not happen immediately but it will happen.

 

Blue_Tires

(57,596 posts)
4. Has any judge ever gone more out of their way to HELP a high profile defendant than Cannon?
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 04:19 PM
Jan 10

How is anybody supposed to take our criminal justice system seriously now?

Kid Berwyn

(18,798 posts)
7. With all them millions going to his inaugural...
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 04:35 PM
Jan 10

…he can afford the legal bills should he appeal to “Cadillac” Clarence Thomas or John “My Wife Takes Checks” Roberts.

OrangeJoe

(451 posts)
8. Pardons
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 05:36 PM
Jan 10

Donny is going to immediately pardon all the J6ers as well as his 2 minions who helped hide the documents. At the same time he’ll be directing ICE to conduct raids to deport a few hundred thousand illegals so the pardons will just get buried in a sea of outrage.

I absolutely hate the guy and he is a certified moron but he does have a low cunning and knows how to play the media and his cult members. He’ll continue to get away with everything especially with the mainstream media totally folding.

LiberalArkie

(16,893 posts)
11. He does have some very good handlers, evidently in very high places and very deep pockets.
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 06:04 PM
Jan 10

groundloop

(12,442 posts)
19. Don the Con has had many many years practice....
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 06:48 PM
Jan 10

He's a very talented con man and is a master at playing the media.

All of his crazy bullshit (Canada, Greenland, Gulf of America, Panama Canal, blah blah blah) is just a red herring to distract from the robbing of America.

Dem4life1234

(2,191 posts)
44. Yeah he ain't gonna buy any damn land
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 09:59 AM
Jan 11

It's all a distraction from his clown show of grifting.

So many people are idiots in this country to think he cares about them!

EndlessWire

(7,372 posts)
22. The USSC is corrupted.
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 06:55 PM
Jan 10

This is more than the media and his cult. He always runs up the ladder to the Appellates in order to reap what he has sown. It's a nightmare. We are at the beginning of a fascist, Nazi state.

yellow dahlia

(643 posts)
60. Yes. To lie is to breathe.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 01:44 PM
Jan 11

Last edited Sat Jan 11, 2025, 05:18 PM - Edit history (1)

It's instinctual. I believe it is in his DNA. It is part of his programming, for sure.

Just as being a grifter is innate. He is so "good" at all of it.

not fooled

(6,140 posts)
65. He's a moron about government and helping the U.S.
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 11:57 AM
Jan 12

but a genius at self-preservation and enrichment.

What a toxic combo. Too bad millions of 'Muricans dragged the rest of us back into this nightmare.

Butterflylady

(4,082 posts)
33. I don't like using the word hate, but
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 09:28 PM
Jan 10

When I think of all he's done to people and the pain he's caused I think the word hate is appropriate.

speak easy

(11,027 posts)
41. Unlike the great monsters of history Mao, Hitler, Stalin ...
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 09:42 AM
Jan 11

Trump does not believe in anything - anything but himself. This makes it all the harder to forgive anything he has done.

Dem4life1234

(2,191 posts)
45. This!
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 10:06 AM
Jan 11

Those dictators you named were indeed monsters. However, as you said, they still had a strong ideology, hell even at least installed social programs, critical infrastructure, and tried to make their country...in their warped eyes...better. if Hitler hadn't done the Holocaust, been a murderous creep, he would have been a great chancellor.

This clown is unlike anything we have seen, perhaps he is like Caligula? He is definitely not Nero. He is an oversexed, mentally deranged, narcissistic clown with no principles.

speak easy

(11,027 posts)
47. Sadism for sadism's sake.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 10:12 AM
Jan 11

Many of his supporters want the cruelty, as long as the leopard eats someone else.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(10,100 posts)
61. The more outrageous fact is that the media isn't
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 02:50 PM
Jan 11

smart enough to not get played him! I mean, look at the dire consequences of their failures.

mn9driver

(4,628 posts)
9. 3 days is enough time for the Corrupt Supremes to intervene.
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 05:39 PM
Jan 10

I’ll believe the release when I see it.

LilElf70

(641 posts)
10. Aileen Cannon is totally corrupt. She must go. Yesterday is fine by me
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 05:45 PM
Jan 10

Judges are not paid to protect people from their own stupidity and ignorance of the law. They are there to make judgements based on legality of the law. Special favors should NEVER be allowed. If they are, they should have their license revoked and never practice law again.

It's actually quite simple, right? This wench has done this over and over again and should be reprimanded immediately. Overriding her many corrupt judgements by an appeals court is unacceptable.

rasputin1952

(83,387 posts)
14. There is a judiciary review board...
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 06:21 PM
Jan 10

I'm not sure how it works, but she, and a few others have been reprimanded.
There is a process to relieve them of their judicial standing, other than impeachment.

calimary

(84,969 posts)
40. Reprimanded? That wouldn't make a damn bit of difference.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 08:48 AM
Jan 11

I doubt she’d care. And it wouldn’t change her mind about the donald.

rasputin1952

(83,387 posts)
42. I agree...
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 09:45 AM
Jan 11

She has been held to account in the past on a few issues, not much, if anything, has changed, at least as to T****.

MagickMuffin

(17,280 posts)
12. If one was truly innocent wouldn't you want the report released
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 06:06 PM
Jan 10


To prove your innocence. When these traitors disguise themselves as politicians and refuse to release investigative reports just proves they have something to hide.

Otherwise they’d be all for the release to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that they were innocent. However, burying the report makes them look extremely guilty in my book!



rasputin1952

(83,387 posts)
15. That's for those who do not commit crimes
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 06:23 PM
Jan 10

As sick as he is, he knows he's guilty of at least some of the charges.

MagickMuffin

(17,280 posts)
18. Of course, but this is a very "deep state" issue
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 06:42 PM
Jan 10


The evil has lurked within the republican establishment has existed for a long time. I became aware with Nixon. I saw through his viciousness with his extreme contempt for the youth in this country.

Ever since Nixon got impeached the republicans have waged a war on democrats, liberals, progressives, they started the culture wars still ongoing.

A few of the scandals I remember from my awareness as a teen growing up.

Watergate buried investigation
Iran Contra buried investigation
Illegal sale of weapons buried investigation
Saving and Loans, buried investigation
WTC, I don’t remember any real investigations
WMDs buried investigation
And then well there are so many investigations that we know they have been buried



True Blue American

(18,294 posts)
21. Trump looks awful.
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 06:51 PM
Jan 10

Pasty, big bags, hair half combed. He has also lost weight.
No matter how he blabs, this is taking a huge toll;e on him.

Dem4life1234

(2,191 posts)
46. He definitely lost weight
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 10:08 AM
Jan 11

His neck is sagging.. hopefully nature takes its desired course. He doesn't look as robust as 2015 era.

magicarpet

(17,355 posts)
51. Ozempic for weight loss.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 10:31 AM
Jan 11

... at his age the more the weight loss the more the skin becomes saggy.

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Dem4life1234

(2,191 posts)
55. Only 42%?
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 10:57 AM
Jan 11

Sidenote, that number seems so tiny! I would have thought 70%! Plus obesity includes those with heavy muscle and bone density, too. Wow, would have thought the figure to be higher.

 

Blue_Tires

(57,596 posts)
24. Remember, even Donnie didn't at any point claim to be innocent
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 07:32 PM
Jan 10

His "legal defense" was that his crimes should be made retroactively legal because he's Donnie J. and he's above any laws of God or man.

EndlessWire

(7,372 posts)
23. I'd be willing to let Nauta and the other defendant go
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 07:13 PM
Jan 10

in order to read a completely unredacted version of what Trump did. Not for our overseas assets, but otherwise spell it out. What he took, where he took it, etc.

Don't forget that he took docs on a plane to show to unqualified reporters, for what reason? If you or I had done that, we'd have gone to jail for several years. He had box after box after box sitting unsecured in his toilet, and on the stage. This is the guy that mouthed off for Russian greeters in Washington, had Xi visit him at MAL, and wanted a direct back line to Moscow installed. Feel safe? Hell, he saluted a North Korean general. What a POS.

rampartd

(1,255 posts)
27. they wer charged in order to encourage them to turn states evidence
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 07:44 PM
Jan 10

not much sense in that now.

but it does not matter. we won't be seeing any reports

OrangeJoe

(451 posts)
52. Pardoned
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 10:35 AM
Jan 11

Trump will pardon them in one of his many first day assaults on democracy. It will be news for 5 seconds as we reel from all the other shit he’s going to do on that day.

BlueTsunami2018

(4,125 posts)
31. "Major Blow" to what?
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 07:59 PM
Jan 10

It doesn’t matter what it says in there, he’s being sworn in on January 20th and no one is going to do anything.

He’s free and clear.

msfiddlestix

(7,946 posts)
37. yeppers.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 08:35 AM
Jan 11

just think, four years ago, in my mind that sick traitorous fuck was headed to justice for a plethora of crimes that should have landed him in the klinker for at least 500 consecutive years.

hatrack

(61,485 posts)
56. "Major Blow"? Yes, the current situation certainly blows, as will the next four years.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:01 AM
Jan 11

Not seeing a link to the Toddler-In-Chief, though.

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