Most right-thinking people were hoping for a swift resolution of the cases brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith after all the grand jury investigations were completed and the required charges were filed. Unfortunately, such has definitely not been the situation. The case in Florida has been virtually stalled, consequent upon Judge Cannon’s bloody-mindedness and blatant foot-dragging.
- Judge Aileen Cannon has wasted several months deliberating over questions of attorney-client privilege and grand jury secrecy.
- She has also been reluctant to rule on issues before her.
- US District Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday (September 8, 2022) selected federal senior Judge Raymond Dearie to serve as special master to review the materials seized in the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence and resort.
Cannon also rejected the Justice Department’s request to revive its criminal investigation into classified documents seized at Mar-a-Lago. CNN POLITICS: Published Thursday, September 15, 2022. - On Dec. 1, in a unanimous per curiam decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled to reverse an order issued by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to appoint a special master to oversee the review of classified documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-lago residence on Aug. 8.
The 11th Circuit found that Cannon “improperly exercised equitable jurisdiction” in hearing the case and that the entire proceeding should be dismissed. Notably, the court also found that regardless of the status of a document in question (personal or presidential), the government maintains the authority to seize it under a warrant supported by probable cause.
The panel wrote, “The law is clear. We cannot write a rule that allows any subject of a search warrant to block government investigations after the execution of the warrant. Nor can we write a rule that allows only former presidents to do so.” LAWFARE: Katherine Pompilio
Thursday, December 1, 2022, 6:18 PM
One sincerely hopes that Judge Aileen Cannon is not just another MAGA sympathizer who has been strategically positioned to frustrate the operation of law just to facilitate the exoneration of Donald Trump under his many crimes.
Other federal cases are pending against Donald Trump, but the Supreme Court of Judicature seems to be doing everything it can to prevent such cases from going to trial before the November 2024 election. What I find to be especially nauseating is the fact that they are contemplating giving the former president some form of immunity against Federal prosecution for the crimes he has committed.
Former President Donald Trump’s federal election interference trial in Washington, D.C., will no longer begin on March 4, Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote in a court order released Friday. It is unclear when exactly the trial will now start, but the case has been on pause for nearly two months — Trump’s team requested a stay on Dec. 7, and it was granted on Dec. 13 — which would mean the soonest the trial could start would likely be late April or early May. A start date in early May could easily mean the trial won’t conclude until after the Republican National Convention, scheduled for July 15-18 in Milwaukee. NBC NEWS: By Megan Lebowitz, Lisa Rubin, Laura Jarrett and Ryan J. Reilly Feb. 2, 2024, 10:04 PM GMT+1 / Updated Feb. 3, 2024, 12:19 AM
The fact that Trump was even convicted on all 34 felony counts brought against him by Manhattan Prosecutor Alvin Bragg now seems providential. All federal charges brought against Donald J. Trump are now hanging in limbo because of the posture of an obviously corrupt Supreme Court of Judicature.
“For six weeks, the former most powerful man in the world sat like an ordinary citizen in a drab courtroom, a criminal defendant being judged by a jury of his peers. Donald Trump glowered, complained, bloviated, and snoozed during a trial both historic and tawdry over whether he falsified business records to cover up hush money paid to a porn star on the eve of the 2016 election. On May 30, the 12 jurors delivered their unanimous verdict: guilty on all 34 counts. To all his norm-shattering iterations—flashy businessman, name-brand showman, novice President—Trump has added a new title: felon. The trial that led to the first-ever criminal conviction of a former U.S. President was often marked by its unseemliness. A motley cast of characters—the former porn star, the tabloid publisher, the crying press aide, the disgraced former fixer—recounted episodes of spankings, clandestine meetings, and payoffs, all intended to establish that Trump had criminally conspired to hide information about his behavior that could have affected voters’ choices. But while the crimes may feel insubstantial, the stakes for American democracy are far weightier. Trump once again threatens to upend the precepts of the U.S. political system and test the foundations of the country’s rule of law.” TIME: BY TESSA BERENSON ROGERS, BRIAN BENNETT AND ERIC CORTELLESSA UPDATED: MAY 30, 2024 5:23 PM EDT | ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: MAY 30, 2024 5:10 PM EDT
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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