Via Hugo Lowell:
Judge #Cannon in #Trump classified #documents case GRANTS his request to delay until July 8 last night’s deadline to disclose what experts he may call at trial — in Trump’s words, “should there be one” 👀
#legal
cannon
Too many, huh? Imposition? Well, now you know how we feel.
A federal appeals court has stopped accepting public complaints against Judge Aileen #Cannon — many seeking her recusal from the classified documents case against #Trump — citing a flood of 1,000 filings in recent weeks that appear to be part of 'an orchestrated campaign.' #legal
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2024/06/03/court-stops-taking-complaints-against-judge-overseeing-trump-documents-case/
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2024/06/03/court-stops-taking-complaints-against-judge-overseeing-trump-documents-case/
Paging 11th Circuit!
“Judge Aileen #Cannon is again ripping up the court schedule in #Trump’s classified #documents case – pushing some of the legal questions that have been before her for months even further down the road.” #legal
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/04/politics/cannon-trump-special-counsel-hearing?cid=ios_app
WHAT?!
“Federal judge #Cannon overseeing #Trump’s classified #documents case struck down a small but significant part of the indictment on Monday, ruling that the government must remove from its charges an episode in which Trump is said to have shown a highly sensitive military map to one of his close aides after he left office” #legal
Finally a #WompWomp in this case.
Via Katie Phang:
JUST IN: Judge #Cannon entering an Order denying #Trump's motion for a Franks hearing, but reserving ruling on the balance of his "Motion for Relief Relating to the Mar-a-lago Raid and Unlawful Piercing of Attorney-Client Privilege."
Cannon finds that Trump has not made the requisite showing that the search warrant affidavit contains "any material false statements or omissions." As such, he doesn't get a Franks hearing. #legal
😫Judge in #Trump #Documents Case Rejected Suggestions to Step Aside
Two federal judges in South #Florida privately urged Aileen M. #Cannon to decline the case when it was assigned to her last year, according to two people briefed on the matter. She chose to keep it.
Via Klasfeld:
Good morning from Ft. Pierce, Fla.
Later this morning, Judge #Cannon will hear the second part of #Trump’s challenge of #JackSmith’s constitutional authority to prosecute him — this time, targeting the special counsel’s funding.
No electronic devices in court. Updates later. #legal #documents #TrumpIndictment
Via Klasfeld:
Judge #Cannon gave #Trump’s prosecutors a rough reception at today’s hearing on the special counsel’s funding, even doing an on-the-spot line item review of their recent disclosures.
#JackSmith was on hand in court to watch it.
Court is in recess. More soon.
Via Andrew Weissmann:
Judge #Cannon wrote: "Mr. Smith is a private citizen exercising the full power of a United States Attorney, and with very little oversight or supervision."
All wrong: he is a part of the Department of Justice and subject to all the rules of the Department of Justice. That is explicit in the Special Counsel regulations.
Neal Katyal:
Exactly right.
Thread Reader app has it all and @emptywheel says it all:
As always, read parloff, in this case on CREW's amicus arguing that *if* the 11th C reverses #Cannon, they should boot her as well. #legal #Trump
Here's the 🧵 on Thread Reader:
Edited 15d ago
Special counsel #JackSmith is arguing to revive his office’s classified documents case against Donald #Trump with a vigorous defense of its authority in the first formal filing since Judge Aileen #Cannon dismissed the criminal case last month. #legal
Of course. She’d fit in perfectly in a Trump #SCOTUS.
“Judge Aileen #Cannon Failed to Disclose a Right-Wing Junket
Cannon, whose oversight of the Donald #Trump classified documents case has garnered widespread criticism, has repeatedly violated a rule requiring that federal judges disclose their attendance at private seminars.”
— ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/judge-aileen-cannon-trump-documents-case-travel-disclosures