Judge in Trump’s classified documents case cancels May trial date; no new date set
Judge in Trump's classified documents case cancels May trial date; no new date set
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge in Florida presiding over the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald Trump has canceled the May 20 trial date, postponing it indefinitely.
He chose the judge for where he moved to commit the crimes... We shouldn't expect anything less.
If she doesn't get removed, next Republican president will make her a Supreme Court Justice.
I think that happens whether she's removed or not.
Cannon was appointed by Trump and people are surprised that this happened
While that may explain a lack of impartiality, it doesn’t justify it. She’s held to the same standard as any other judge. All the more reason Smith should file a motion for recusal.
Just because something is supposed to happen does not mean that it will. By all rights Trump should have been kicked out of office and be sitting in jail right now but he isnt. Just like Nixon and a whole cadre of others that slithered away without facing any real consequences.
She’s held to the same standard as any other judge.
which seems to be no standard at all...
All the more reason Smith should file a motion for recusal.
yet he inexplicably does not... hmm I wonder
That standard, on a normal day, is "Hey Judge? Do whatever the fuck you want long as it's legal." on a bad day that legality isn't even a question.
One of the bad things about the US is how you can get a 5 year sentence from Judge A and a court order to do community service from Judge B, both trying you for the same thing.
Who is surprised by this?
I don't think anyone was surprised that this was coming, more or less regardless of which judge it was. The original court date was a week and three business days from now, it's entirely possible Trump will literally still be on trial for the hush money case when the trial date for the documents case was set.
I'll be more upset if a hearing to set a new date for the documents trial isn't scheduled shortly after the hush money trial concludes.
This is evidence # 37586682 that all MAGA folks are Russian assets, doing their job to destroy the US from within. Because its textbook ruling as in Russia.
Forget about the hush money, this was far more a priority as it is related to national security. Now the thugs of this world know they have carte blanche with trump. This treasonous PoS should rot in a cell for this.
I totally agree with the importance of this case. It’s the most concerning in my opinion. There is testimony that Trump divulged classified information to Russian intelligence, as well as having sold classified submarine schematics. This case needs to be heard prior to the election, as it’s directly relevant to charging him with access to this information for a second term.
So Americans... at what point do you finally realize you have a two tier legal system and actually act on it?
Our legal system has 4 tiers of justice. If you are poor, a person of color or of another lowly respected group, you are too many times presumed guilty.
If you are working class to middle class, and can afford a decent lawyer, you get a middling level of justice. The better that you are able to differentiate yourself from the poor, and appear to look innocent, the better your outcome.
When you enter actual wealth, you can afford to put off trials, get counsel that can enact intensive clogging of the justice system. Prosecutors will be using inordinate resources to try a case and will plea bargain to ridiculous levels to be able to function for the rest of their duties. There is some justice in that what is spent on lawyers will meet or exceed the fines that they may have received otherwise.
The highest tier can always take their money elsewhere. They can purchase citizenship to other countries, including those without extradition, and are nations to themselves. The last two levels are either somewhat above the law, or completely exempt from the rule of law.
What is new is that members of a political party are seen as exempt from law, and that a ruler is exempt from law for life.
It’s by the design of capitalism. If you have more money, you can afford better attorneys and appeals. Trump is bringing the invisible third-tier to light with this case, having appointed the judge in 2020 that’s now presiding over his case.
"Judge appointed by Trump cancels trial date for Trump's classified documents case".
AP news needs to start fucking calling it how it really is.
Can her and get a real judge
Corrupt Cunt
I don't understand why we would want to prosecute crimes. /s
This judge is a hero! /s
Finally an unbiased judge
For those who are interested:
The judge's reasoning here is that she has a large, backlogged docket of pre trial motions to clear relating to handling evidence that is itself classified at trial.
And she can't really estimate how long it's going to take to resolve all those issues.
If you make the rules complicated enough, you can always find a way to justify anything. This is the cornerstone of the modern legal system.
Pretrial motions that she is responsible for adjudicating. She even told trump's lawyers to take a slower approach on the motions, telling them to file them one by one instead of all at once. Source
Sure is a fucking shame all those judge positions were held unfilled so there is such a backlog.
I wonder who did that and why.
Great. Let’s just move the case to a judge that’s not so busy. Lol
If the judge can't keep her calendar under control she's incompetent and shouldn't be on the bench. If she's not even willing to extract time estimates from counsel then she's abdicating and should be removed from office.
I mean, in all fairness if you want this case to be treated as all others this sort of stuff is to be expected.
Saying that, this one is kinda important
It does kind of make sense since the same lawyers and the same defendant are stuck in a criminal trial in New York until June.
It's not like they can apparate between New York and Florida.
If only Trump had some kind of way to travel across the country to the places he wants to or is required to be......
Doesn't work if you need to be in two places at the same time.
EXACTLY! And I'm SURE if a Poor Criminal did so many Crimes they were needed in multiple court rooms at the same time the courts would do the EXACT SAME THING!
Actually, yeah, they pretty much do.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_v._Alabama#Facts_and_procedural_history
Note, that's charging in two different states for the same crime and the courts went in order.
The mental gymnastics are unreal
It's not gymnastics.
In a criminal case, presence is mandatory.
So how do you expect a criminal defendant to appear in two different courthouses at the same time?
Let's finish the NY trial, then he can go on trial somewhere else while waiting on sentencing in NY.
Court #2 can give him a release to attend sentencing then work with that prison system so he can appear in court #2.
Estimates are the NY case should be wrapped up somewhere around the first week in June.
lol people who aren’t Trump have this happen but you wouldn’t care about that
People who aren't Trump don't have to appear in two courtrooms at the same time either because it's not physically possible.
Say you have a doctors appointment at 8 AM on a Thursday and a 2nd doctor also wants you at the same day and time. One of them HAS to re-schedule.
Except in this case, blowing off one of the two appointments would carry a criminal penalty.
It must be nice to live in a world where you appoint your own judge. It’s time for Smith to take action. A judge can be removed in “any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned.” This is not impartiality.
https://casetext.com/statute/united-states-code/title-28-judiciary-and-judicial-procedure/part-i-organization-of-courts/chapter-21-general-provisions-applicable-to-courts-and-judges/section-455-disqualification-of-justice-judge-or-magistrate-judge
Smith has been working on getting this crazy Judge removed for a while…
He hasn’t filed anything yet. She was way off base asking for jury instructions so early. Not to mention the PRA pre-trial defense was struck down without prejudice, meaning the defense may use it in the trial. Removing the trial from the calendar entirely is the icing on the cake.
At this point she should be considered an accessory to his crimes.
The judges impartiality is in question. The judge is demonstrating partiality to one side of the case.
Impartiality would imply that she's not partial to one side or the other when she's clearly favoring the defendant.
That is correct. I corrected my error.
They can be removed but then the next guy mysteriously falls out of a window.