Judge Cannon Hands Donald Trump Much-Needed Delay in Blow to Jack Smith

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Source: msn.com



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The judge overseeing Donald Trump's federal classified-documents case has been accused of failing to enforce a routine deadline, amid claims the former president is hoping to delay the trial until after November's presidential election.

Judge Aileen Cannon, who was nominated to the bench by Trump, has rejected Special Counsel Jack Smith's request to force the former president to reveal if he plans on using a defense that he was merely relying on advice of his lawyers during the trial. Newsweek contacted the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Saturday for comment via email.

Trump has pleaded not guilty to 40 charges relating to allegations he illegally retained top-secret and classified material after he left office in January 2021, then obstructed the federal attempt to retrieve them from his Mar-a-Lago, Florida, home. The former president has denied any wrongdoing and has repeatedly said that the charges are part of a political witch hunt that seeks to derail him as frontrunner for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.
Cannon has previously faced calls to recuse herself from the case in which she was randomly selected to oversee because she has already made a number of decisions that could be seen to have benefited the Republican.

In a court filings on Friday, Cannon rejected federal prosecutors "motion to compel disclosure regarding advice-of-counsel defense," while saying such a request is "not amenable to proper consideration at this juncture."................................







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There are some days that I wonder if Trump will ever go to trial.

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Aileen M. Cannon, United States District Judge, Southern District of Florida

[patphil]

1. Judge Cannon knows who her daddy is.

[sakabatou]

2. Of course she would.

[MOMFUDSKI]

3. Seems she is willing to cut her own throat

for a smelly orange deranged clown. 🤡 She got orders from somewhere and she knows her job.

[Lonestarblue]

9. How is she cutting her throat? She has a lifetime appointment.

This trial will not happen before the election, or possible not for years because Cannon will just help Trump delay. I’ve now forgotten with so much else going one, but has she even set a trial date?

[2naSalit]

16. Not if...

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We take enough seats in Congress to impeach and remove her. Until now we'll have to wait until Smith appeals to the circuit court, perhaps they'll take the case from her.

[Wonder Why]

19. At this point, appointing a new judge may cause more delays than keeping her.

[2naSalit]

21. And perhaps not.

At least it would be addressed with the proper respect the case demands.

[MichMan]

30. You believe we are going to get 2/3 of the Senate?

[2naSalit]

33. Heh, I don't believe anything.

But, in reality (Earth1) that's what it would take to remove her from the lifetime appointment.

[Polybius]

13. Not at all

She'll be nominated to the US Supreme Court if Trump gets elected again.

[markodochartaigh]

17. And if she's removed from her

judgeship she will be a partner at some reich-wing law firm.

[Dan]

32. Yes and No, she is auditioning for every GOP politician and Candidate.

Because now, all of them know, that she will do “the right thing”.

[SalamanderSleeps]

4. Knock, knock....

....Hey, 11th Circuit are you paying any attention to this crap?

[bluestarone]

5. Looks like Smith is gonna have his hands full with this judge.

For some ungodly reason she is supporting TFG at every turn here. If there is any chance for her to stall she WILL STALL!!!

[Comfortably_Numb]

6. She'll do anything to get that SCOTUS nomination if this weasel wins. I believe ANYTHING!

This spunktrumpet is so far up drumph’s ass she can change his diapers.

[Rebl2]

36. Will there

even be courts if he gets in again?

[AverageOldGuy]

7. When . . .

. . . when will Smith appeal to the Third Circuit, after all, they slapped her down before.

[kimbutgar]

8. I'd love to see someone get a picture of her at mar a lago

And expose her so she gets disqualified from the case.

I would bet there are visits or phone calls with her and the orange menace!

[Ponietz]

12. Smith will smoke her out

[bucolic_frolic]

15. Not far-fetched that someone might be actively looking for such .nt

[Botany]

10. The judicial crisis network's cock blocker to justice ....Judge Cannon

The packing of the courts with people like Canon, Thomas, Kavanaugh, and others is
how the right wants to keep power. Trump should spend his life in jail for stealing those
documents and no doubt selling them to Saudi Arabia & Russia.

We executed the Rosenberg for doing what Trump did and Judge Cannon see’s her job
to protect him from justice.

[SlimJimmy]

37. Do you have a cite for him selling the docs?

I'm having an argument with a rethug right now, and I'd just love to shut him up.

[Botany]

39. Trump asked for a list of our intelligence agents and their contacts after which people started to ...

… disappear.* Especially in Russia. Jared Kushner provided MBS of Saudi Arabia a PDB …
Presidential Daily Briefing (which Jared was not allowed to have) and 2 things happened
Jamal Khashoggi was cut up alive by agents of MBS and Jared’s 1 billion + note was paid
off on his property in Manhattan.

* Easy google search.

Btw tell the right winger that Trump just admitted to taking 8 million $s as President for
services to China and other enemy nations.

Btw I have it really doesn’t matter what proof you give a right winger because they live in their own
World that is fact free.

[SlimJimmy]

43. I asked for a specific cite. You tell me to "Google" it.

Do you have a specific cite, or not? Even in his fact free world, he'll at least look at a specific cite. He's a more reasonable MAGAT, but still believes the lies Drumph tells. If you don't have one, just say so, and I'll try to Google it.

[Mister Ed]

11. I expect the media will have many more occasions to use that headline. n/t

[Heftylefty]

14. Judge Cannon Trump delay:"You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours."

Is this a Mafia-esque unofficial application for the next Supreme Court vacancy under a Republican president?

[muriel_volestrangler]

18. Newsweek ought to have explained why they put "much-needed" in the title

I'd say he "needs" it because he's as guilty as fuck, and his only hope is to delay the trial in the hope he somehow manages to get elected, and then he'll BS about "I'm President again, I can do all of this, retrospectively". He "needs" it like a losing football team needs the chance for a Hail Mary pass. But Newsweek, with its known Trump bias, may think there's some other "need" involved.

[bluestarone]

20. Just wondering, would Smith be out of bounds to ask this judge if she had any contact with TFG

[tinrobot]

22. At what point does Smith try to have her removed from the case?

She was rebuked once before by a higher court. Don't see why it can't happen again.

[riversedge]

23. JoyceWhiteVance In the Mar-a-Lago case, Judge Cannon has just refused to enforce a routine deadline & it's entirely clea

Sadly,---Joyce is usually right when she offers her opinion.

JoyceWhiteVance
In the Mar-a-Lago case, Judge Cannon has just refused to enforce a routine deadline & it's entirely clear she has no intention of letting this case go to trial before the election or possibly ever.

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[Cha]

44. Rec TY.

[jaxexpat]

24. This kind of stalling and pushback should have been dealt with 18 months ago.

Trump should be in jail awaiting trial like anybody else.

[bluestarone]

25. I'm 100% certain THIS judge knew all along what her decision would be. BUT she sat on it this long before

Handing down her decision. ANOTHER reason that SMITH could use to REMOVE this so called judge!

[Blue Owl]

26. I bet she's walking right into a Jack Smith trap while Captain Pantload shits himself with glee

[Aviation Pro]

29. This

Killa Jack knows what he’s dealing with.

[calimary]

34. Captain Pantload! LOVE it, Blue Owl!!!

[Cha]

45. Well that's Encouraging!

[Freethinker65]

27. Trump will never go to trial in her court.

That is a given.

However, in proceeding with the case, enough evidence needs to come out that finally convinces the media enabling Trump is not in their best interest. Without media promotion, Trump should more easily lose the Presidential election.

[ancianita]

28. All she said is that compelling defense to tell whether it will use "advice of counsel" defense is too soon.

Her decision. This is not in ANY way a "blow" to Jack Smith or his team. He's way ahead of any decisions Cannon makes.

Come ON. The headline blows this way out of proportion. No need to get hyped up about it.

[Cha]

46. Thanks! Rec

[calimary]

31. Is she angling to become Wife #4?

Asking for a friend.

[jvill]

35. What a deluded country we are...

… where we’re supposed to believe that a judge can preside over a case that would put the man who appointed her potentially in prison.

What honest country would do this? What country seeking true justice would do this?

What unearned, ridiculous faith we have in our democracy as its failures just sit there, laughing in our stupid faces.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

38. Who is surprised by this?

Loose Cannon is in TFG's pocket

[GreenWave]

40. Even if he is found guilty by her jury, she can opt not to penalize him.

[Bludogdem]

41. She simply ruled on the motion

that it’s too early in the proceedings.

“ Assuming the facts and circumstances in this case warrant an order compelling disclosure of an advice-of-counsel trial defense, the Court determines that such a request is not amenable to proper consideration at this juncture, prior to at least partial resolution of pre- trial motions, transmission to Defendants of the Special Counsel's exhibit and witness lists, and other disclosures as may become necessary.”

Not a setback. They can request again after pre trial and meeting their requirements of discovery to the defendant.

This is not a big deal.

[SunSeeker]

42. She is a stupid, corrupt, piece of Republican shit. nt

[WiVoter]

47. She Kinda Has That Unibrow Thing Going On

Wish I knew Photoshop.