Cannon faces a major test after secret meeting with special counsel’s team
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s next move in Donald Trump’s federal classified documents case could determine whether the government will have to seek an appeal, former federal prosecutors argued following the Trump-appointee’s meeting with special counsel Jack Smith Wednesday to discuss which classified materials will be excluded from the trial.
Ex-U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance explained that given that the case is about illegal retention of classified materials and not the “nature of the classified information,” the proceedings pertaining to their presence in the trial under Section Four of the Classified Information and Procedures Act should have been “straightforward” as they are routine for a case like this.
It’s like when the writers of the sequels have to come up with explanations for what happened in the first chapter.
The judge had already decided to give Donnie what he wanted, then had to create a reason to do it. That it didn’t make any sense is irrelevant to the story line.
he knows appeals will take until after his death
the delay is the win. trump won here.
An incompetent traitor judge stays on the bench.
Film at 11.
You can include redacted classified materials. It’s the header, footer, and cover pages that are important not the contents. What he kept is irrelevant to the crime, only that it was classified and he kept it.
