Biden says he's 'not surprised' by judge's 'specious' decision to toss Trump documents case

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Source: NBC News

July 15, 2024, 9:24 PM EDT


President Joe Biden on Monday criticized U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon's decision to dismiss the classified documents case against Donald Trump, calling the ruling "specious" and suggesting it was inspired by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. "I'm not surprised," Biden told NBC News anchor Lester Holt about the ruling, which tossed out the criminal case against Trump in Florida, finding that the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith was illegal.

He said the ruling "comes from the immunity decision the Supreme Court ruled on" this month, and he pointed to a concurring opinion in the ruling by Thomas, which he inaccurately referred to as a dissent. It was a concurrence that no other justices joined. "Clarence Thomas, in his dissent, said that independent prosecutors created by the attorney general aren’t legit. That’s the basis of which this judge moved to dismiss," Biden said.

In his opinion, Thomas challenged Smith’s appointment. “If there is no law establishing the office that the Special Counsel occupies, then he cannot proceed with this prosecution. A private citizen cannot criminally prosecute anyone, let alone a former President,” Thomas wrote.

The opinion was not binding on Cannon, but Trump's attorneys had urged her to consider it when she made her ruling, and the 93-page decision included three references to it.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-says-not-surprised-judges-specious-decision-toss-trump-documents-rcna162000

[nuxvomica]

1. "specious" is a great word for it

specious (comparative more specious, superlative most specious)

Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.

Synonym: fallacious
This idea that we must see through what we have started is specious, however good it may sound.

Employing fallacious but deceptively plausible arguments; deceitful.
Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.

Synonyms: meretricious, pretextual

(obsolete) Beautiful, pleasing to look at.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/specious

[RAB910]

5. Great word, but a lousy choice. The President needs words the low-IQ public understands

[GB_RN]

7. Yup...

To paraphrase the late, great Bartcop: That was the problem with John Kerry. He kept using $100 dollar words when he needed to use $5 dollar words.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

11. So he should sound more like traitortrump? No.

[EYESORE 9001]

6. 'Execrable' would be my choice

Same root word as ‘excrement’ 💩

[Ray Bruns]

8. I prefer "bullshit", but to each his own.

[SupportSanity]

2. We don't have a Supreme Court any more. This is just another arm of MAGA.

[SupportSanity]

3. Canon's decision is good for her. Get out of jail free card.

No trial for Trump before election.

She, Trump and MAGA are the winners. Which makes everyone else ....

extremely angry.

[Blue Full Moon]

4. Promised SC justice position

[Ray Bruns]

9. "and the 93-page decision included three references to it"

So this what she had planned all along. No way she wrote a 93 page opinion since Thomas’s opinion came out.

[meow2u3]

10. Personally, I think Cannon's excuse was nothing but a crock of baloney

Or better, a crock of shit.

[republianmushroom]

12. 42 months and counting (includes foot dragging)

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