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Rhiannon12866

(256,961 posts)
Sat Jun 24, 2023, 01:45 AM Jun 2023

Jack Smith files new motions in Trump documents case - The 11th Hour - MSNBC



Special Counsel Jack Smith has requested to push back Trump’s classified documents trial to December. Plus, new reporting details the crucial evidence that led Smith to pursue a criminal case against the former president. Andrew Weissmann breaks it all down. - Aired on 06/23/2023.


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ancianita

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2. Very well explained. I love Weissman's conciseness about how courts,
Sat Jun 24, 2023, 06:06 AM
Jun 2023

prosecution & defense work. He explains the pace for an historic trial, which goes a long way toward ameliorating frustration.

Rhiannon12866

(256,961 posts)
3. Andrew Weissmann is my favorite, too. He's absolutely the best at explaining all these legal issues
Sat Jun 24, 2023, 06:11 AM
Jun 2023

But I have wondered if he has time for anything else, he's the best so they want him on every show...

ancianita

(43,313 posts)
4. Yep.
Sat Jun 24, 2023, 06:16 AM
Jun 2023

He's got time to be a major legal explainer to the country. At this historic point, I don't think he'd really want anything else. Though I've noticed he's gotten more tan.

Rhiannon12866

(256,961 posts)
5. I'm guessing he has a family, but there's little personal information because when he was a prosecutor
Sat Jun 24, 2023, 06:33 AM
Jun 2023

He often prosecuted mobsters...

ancianita

(43,313 posts)
6. He does; in one of his video commentaries I saw his dog in the background.
Sat Jun 24, 2023, 07:05 AM
Jun 2023

Re what you say about his personal life, the bad guys are probably the top reason there's not much out there about his personal life. Same for Jack Smith, Merrick Garland, Lisa Monaco and every high level prosecutor from now on.

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