Trump asks for, and receives, permission to skip upcoming Mar-a-Lago hearing because he is 'on trial in Manhattan'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Law & Crime

May 17th, 2024, 6:53 pm


Former President Donald Trump, 77, asked for, and quickly received, permission to be excused from an upcoming motions hearing in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case on Friday.

Early Friday afternoon, the 45th president’s attorneys filed an unopposed motion seeking leave from the court to skip a May 22 hearing that is focused on two motions to dismiss the indictment filed by co-defendant Waltine “Walt” Nauta, 41, Trump’s personal valet.

The defense motion notes that Trump had “previously scheduled travel outside of” southern Florida because he is “on trial in Manhattan Supreme Court” over hush-money-related allegations. “President Trump — who will be represented by counsel at the May 22 hearing — understands that he has a right to be present in Court, and he knowingly and voluntarily waives his right to appear at the hearing,” the filing reads.

Notably, special counsel Jack Smith did not oppose Trump’s request to be absent from the upcoming hearing on Nauta’s motions. In short order late Friday, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon granted Trump’s request to personally miss the hearing — on one condition: “Counsel for Defendant Trump must be present.”

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/trump-asks-for-and-receives-permission-to-skip-upcoming-mar-a-lago-hearing-because-he-is-on-trial-in-manhattan/

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Link to defense MOTION (PDF) - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.548.0.pdf

[riversedge]

1. And, Trump is represented by five different attorneys in southern Florida, where Christopher Kise is listed as the ex-pr

And I am betting these attorneys are charging Trump a pretty penny!!



..............Trump’s lead attorney in the hush-money case, Todd Blanche, is also one of his attorneys in the Mar-a-Lago case. There are, however, at least three attorneys who have addressed the court on the former president’s behalf during the Big Apple prosecution. And, Trump is represented by five different attorneys in southern Florida, where Christopher Kise is listed as the ex-president’s lead lawyer.

The hearing that Trump will miss is about Nauta’s motion to dismiss the indictment over claims of vindictive prosecution, which was filed in late April.

In that filing, Nauta complained that other Mar-a-Lago employees who moved one storage box apiece were not prosecuted — arguing that he was singled out by the government over his alleged movement of some 60 boxes said to contain classified documents.

Smith, in turn, lambasted the conduct as “not remotely comparable.”.....................

[Bayard]

2. Was there any doubt?

Oh, Judge Cannon--There's a scheduling conflict with my criminal trials.

[twodogsbarking]

3. At some point he will forget which trial he is in. Wait and see.

[FakeNoose]

4. Charges won't be dismissed and it's a good opportunity to offer Nauta a plea deal

Chump won't be around to fight off the prosecutors.