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Jamie Raskin Claps Back Hard At Trump’s Request For A Delay In His Documents Trial

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) is the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and he made it clear Sunday during a discussion with MSNBC host Jen Psaki that failed former president Donald Trump is only asking for a delay in his federal documents trial because he thinks doing so will allow him to save his skin instead of facing any consequences for his actions.

Appearing on “Inside With Jen Psaki, Raskin noted:

“I don’t think there should be any delay in existing prosecution. Otherwise any criminal defendant in the country would declare for president, or senate, or house, or mayor and say you cannot prosecute me anyway anymore, you have to prosecute me the year after the election.”

In other words, Raskin added, Trump isn’t special, and he should be treated like any other defendant:

“Think of it this way. If someone is running for office and then is implicated in a murder or a rape, or an armed robbery would we say, no? We’re going to hold that until after the election until in the normal case it would be happening before? He should be treated exactly the same with anyone else would be treated in the same situation. There have been hundreds of prosecutions of people on the basis of crimes that took place on January 6th. Why should he be special?”

Of course, Congressman Raskin is absolutely right. Trump isn’t special, and he shouldn’t get any special consideration just because he’s running for office. To do so would set a dangerous precedent.

Also, if Trump is as innocent as he proclaims to be, shouldn’t he want a speedy trial so he can be exonerated and no longer have that cloud hanging over him?

Donald Trump is a spoiled rich punk who has always gotten his way. And that shit needs to end right now.

 

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Jack Smith Dismantles Trump Team’s Request For Indefinite Delay In Documents Trial

Special Counsel Jack Smith absolutely dismantled a request from the legal team representing indicted former president Donald Trump to delay the ex-president’s trial for stealing and mishandling classified documents. The trial is set to begin in December.

Trump’s attorneys asked Judge Aileen Cannon to delay the trial indefinitely, which led to a scathing rebuke from Smith’s team of prosecutors as part of a Thursday court filing.

The United States files this reply in support of its Motion for Continuance and Proposed Revised Scheduling Order (ECF No. 34, “Mot.”). In their response in opposition to the Motion (ECF No. 66, “Resp.”), Defendants Trump and Nauta claim unequivocally that they cannot receive a fair trial prior to the conclusion of the next presidential election, urge the Court to withdraw the current scheduling Order (ECF No. 28), and request that the Court not even consider a new trial date until some unspecified later time. Resp. at 9, 10. There is no basis in law or fact for proceeding in such an indeterminate and open-ended fashion, and the Defendants provide none. For the reasons discussed below and in the Government’s Motion, the Court should reset the trial date in this action for December 11, 2023.

The filing also addresses Trump’s concerns that a fair and impartial jury cannot be selected to hear the case against him.

Defendants’ claim that this Court could not select an impartial jury until after the presidential election does not justify further delay here. Resp. at 9. First and most importantly, there is no reason to credit the claim. Our jury system relies on the Court’s authority to craft a thorough and effective jury selection process, and on prospective jurors’ ability and willingness to decide cases based on the evidence presented to them, guided by legal instructions from the Court. To be sure, the Government readily acknowledges that jury selection here may merit additional protocols (such as a questionnaire) and may be more time-consuming than in other cases, but those are reasons to start the process sooner rather than later.

Smith’s filing led former prosecutor Glenn Kirschner to remark that he hopes it’s a “sign of the prosecution to come.”

“This is a persuasive court pleading. A model of clarity, of brevity, of persuasion. It is only ten pages, double spaced. It’s a quick, easy read. I would urge people to read it, because it is clear. Jack Smith and his team don’t mince words. They don’t pull punches,” Kirschner told MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell Thursday evening.

“And I think that they are going to continue to insist on a timely trial date, and in fact on page one of this reading they highlight how the Trump defense team failed. And really, in its most important endeavor, when they filed their pleading on July 10th. They said judge, don’t set a trial date,” he added. “One of the first things Jack Smith pointed out, is that the Speedy Trial Act says the judge shall set a date certain for the trial to begin. So they really just sort of embarrass the Trump defense team’s request and they don’t let up for the ten pages. So I am encouraged that this is what we can expect from Jack Smith and his team.”

 

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Former Trump Attorney: Donald’s Indictment For Jan. 6 Crimes Is ‘About To Happen’

A former White House attorney in the administration of Donald Trump is predicting that the failed ex-president will soon be indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice for crimes connected to the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol.

Ty Cobb told CNN’s Erin Burnett, “I believe it’s about to happen.”

“I think what is called the Jan. 6 case, which really encompasses all the attempts to cling to power and prevent the peaceful transfer of government, I think that has been a very important matter to the special prosecutor,” Cobb added. “I think he has gone about it very deliberately, I think they have moved heaven and earth to do it in a timely way.”

Cobb also told Burnett, “I think they are ready to go. I don’t think there are many i’s to dot or t’s to cross yet, but I do think there are some difficult decisions.”

Trump is facing other charges related to the 2020 election in the state of Georgia, where Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis seated two grand juries on Tuesday that will consider whether or to indict the ex-president for his role in attempting to overturn balloting in the Peach State so that he could be declared the winner even though he lost to President Joe Biden by nearly 12,000 votes. Those ballots were counted and recounted and always showed that Trump lost Georgia’s 16 electoral votes.

Here’s more on the new Georgia grand juries:

 

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Former Prosecutor Says Trump Aide Walt Nauta Only Has Two Choices: Flip On Donnie Or Go To Prison

Appearing today in a Miami federal court, failed former president Donald Trump’s personal aide, Walt Nauta, entered a plea of not guilty to charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice, concealing a document, and trying to conceal a material fact in a federal investigation. He was also charged with lying to the FBI.

Nauta now has a decision to make, according to former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance: Cooperate with prosecutors or go to prison for a very long time.

Appearing on MSNBC Thursday afternoon, Vance noted, “There will be an enormous amount of pressure on Walt Nauta to cooperate with the government. If he does not, it’s almost a certainty he will go to prison for years, he is part of the obstruction of justice in this case and those penalties are very significant.”

Vance also pointed to just unsealed video evidence showing Nauta moving boxes of classified documents just days before the FBI found some of the ones that hadn’t been hidden when a search warrant was served at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago golf resort.

“That means Walter Nauta and Donald Trump tried to conceal them from the government,” Vance added. “This new evidence only adds to the pressure that will mount on Walt Nauta at some point in these proceedings.”

Others are also expected to face the same choice Nauta will be confronted with. Among them are Mar-a-Lago employees, club members, and even members of the Trump family who may have had knowledge that classified information was being kept by the ex-president in direct violation of federal law.

 

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Trump Suggests ‘Crackhead’ Jack Smith Is Responsible For Cocaine Being Found At The White House

According to failed one-term, twice-indicted former president Donald Trump, the most likely suspect who placed cocaine in a room of the White House is none other than Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith, who the disgraced ex-head of state claims “looks like a crackhead.”

You likely heard that a “powdery substance” was found at the White House on Sunday, with CBS News reporting it has been confirmed as cocaine.

Subsequent testing confirmed that a powdery substance discovered by the Secret Service at the White House on Sunday was cocaine, a law enforcement official said Wednesday, as questions linger about how the drug got into the building.

The discovery of the substance caused a brief shutdown of the White House after it was found by Secret Service officers in a common storage area on the ground floor of the West Wing, which houses the Oval Office and offices of some of the president’s top aides and support staff. It was found in a zip-close bag near an entrance where visitors taking tours are directed to leave their phones, the official said. 

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said President Biden has been briefed on the incident and noted the area where the cocaine was discovered is “heavily traveled” by visitors.

That led Trump to post a series of fact-free accusations on his failing Truth Social site.

“Does anybody really believe that the COCAINE found in the West Wing of the White House, very close to the Oval Office, is for the use of anyone other than Hunter & Joe Biden.”

Trump then impugned the integrity of Smith.

“But watch, the Fake News Media will soon start saying that the amount found was ‘very small,’ & it wasn’t really COCAINE, but rather common ground up Aspirin, & the story will vanish. Has Deranged Jack Smith, the crazy, Trump hating Special Prosecutor, been seen in the area of the COCAINE? He looks like a crackhead to me!”

He added:

“Where are the White House SECURITY TAPES, like the ones I openly and happily gave to Deranged Jack Smith, which will quickly show where the Cocaine in the White House came from??? They already know the answer, but probably don’t like it!”

Of course, the irony of Trump accusing anyone of taking drugs cannot be overstated. After all, this is the man who has been accused of using stimulants (including Adderall, cocaine, and even methamphetamine) for much of his life. He has also resolutely refused to release medical records that would reveal whether or not such substances have ever been found in his bloodstream or been prescribed for him by physicians.

If Donnie thinks this sort of third-grade bullying is going to intimidate Smith, then he clearly doesn’t know the first damn thing about what sort of bulldog the special counsel has been over his career in the legal profession.

Keep posting lies, Donald. Jack Smith is going to get the last laugh very soon.