On Friday, District Judge Aileen Cannon issued a new order in the Donald Trump classified documents case adding to the mountain of evidence that she is firmly in the former president’s pocket. Trump appointed Cannon in 2020 and the Senate confirmed her appointment in the days after he lost the 2020 election. It’s deeply offensive to the rule of law for judges to bend the law to benefit those who put them on the bench. Sadly, Cannon does just that.
Cannon’s new ruling rejected special counsel Jack Smith’s entirely standard request that she order Trump to state whether he intends to rely on an “advice of counsel” defense ahead of the trial, currently scheduled for May 20. Advance notice of the defense helps expedite a trial because defendants asserting it need to provide additional discovery to prosecutors—raising the defense means that defendants must disclose all communications with their attorneys, as the defense waives the attorney–client privilege.
Judge Cannon’s brief order asserted that Smith’s motion was “not amenable to proper consideration at this juncture, prior to at least partial resolution of pretrial motions” and further discovery.
Sound innocuous? It’s anything but. Instead, it’s part of a pattern we’ve already seen of Cannon laying the groundwork for delaying Trump’s trial—until it’s too late for a jury to be empaneled and the case tried to verdict before the election.
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You’re right.
If the fascists take over, it’s better to quietly sit on the sidelines and hope you’re not one of the targeted undesirables.
First they came for the trans people, and I did not act—
Because I was not trans.
Then they came for the gay people , and I did not act—
Because I was not gay.
Then they came for the immigrants, and I did not act—
Because I was not an immigrant.
Then they came for the women, and I did not act—
Because I was not a woman.
Then they came for the ”woke”, and I did not act—
Because I was not ”woke”.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to act for me.
Had the original on my bedroom wall throughout childhood. I think ny son is about to grow up with that plus yours. Everyone should know this one
Thanks for the copy pasta everyone has seen 20 times a month since 2016
Gee wonder why it’s popping up so often?
Lack of creativity and algo-chasing.
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LOL people actually downvoted you for saying that you don’t have or like guns.
I was actually about to upvote for that first paragraph, but downvoted because of the rest.
And hey, I mean, ACAB, I’m not defending cops. Cops are selected for stupidity and aggression, trained to murder, and held above the law. Even the best of them are still part of a system that is oppressive by design.
But what that trainer was saying was true, and an important thing to acknowledge for anybody who is likely to be in life-and-death situations - firefighters, paramedics, even social workers. Go to the Snopes link he included and read the whole thing.
Sex is a normal reaction to danger. It doesn’t mean that cops are going out and killing people just to have better sex, that’s stupid. They’re killing people, yes, for lots of reasons, but that’s not one of them. It’s almost as dumb as the QAnon quacks talking about adrenochrome.
Americans are blood thirsty, genocidal monsters. What did you expect? Lmaoooooooooo