Judge Cannon Hands Trump His Second Major Win in 24 Hours

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Hours after granting Donald Trump’s request to allow non-witness parties to weigh in on special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment, Judge Aileen Cannon has thrown another wrench into the former president’s Florida classified documents case.

In her latest round of judicial Calvinball on Wednesday, Cannon postponed key hearings compelling Trump’s attorneys to testify before a grand jury, rescheduling them in order to accommodate new hearings about Smith’s supposed “unlawful appointment,” as well as the gag orders he has requested (and she has denied) against Trump.

As Politico’s Kyle Cheney points out, the hearings—now scheduled for June 21, 24, and 25—will not be covering new ground on the issue of special counsel appointment, which has been resolved in previous cases.

It’s hard to see Cannon’s latest order as anything other than another effort to stall the trial, kicking the judicial can down the road as close to or past the presidential election in November as possible. Cannon, appointed by Trump after serving as a federal prosecutor, has come under fire for her conduct during the trial. She has reportedly been confused by court proceedings, requiring explanations from counsel on both sides, and has, since May 16, inspired more than 1,000 complaints filed against her with the 11th Circuit Judicial Court for delaying rulings.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-cannon-hands-trump-second-185056377.html

[wcmagumba]

1. Judge Aileen "dead eyes" Cannon will eventually...

get her comeuppance. imo...

[FBaggins]

2. How? She's already achieved what she needed to do

Replacing her on the case wouldn't get it to court in time for the election... and there's no chance of removing her from the bench.

If she gets overturned... why does she care? So it's three times instead of two? She doesn't take a pay cut for it.

There is no comeuppance for a judge with a lifetime seat and no shame.

[Igel]

3. It's battle of authorities.

https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/aug/22/is-david-weiss-special-counsel-appointment-in-hunt/

In appts., more than one AG has ignored some regulations--or, like Garland, simply said one just doesn't apply because he said so.

Now, Politifact could say that no judge had found such appts. to be unlawful. That can't be quite said now:

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24544392/04316387794.pdf

Notice that it was Hunter Biden's lawyer making the assertion that the indictment should be dismissed because of Weiss' appt. That points Hunter and Trump on the same side of this particular issue. But Noreika dealt with it by saying that the reg's unenforceable.

[prodigitalson]

4. she's gonna fellate his tiny orange mushroom in open court before this thing is done and over

[riversedge]

5. Can't other Judges or someone with more authority step in at this point?

Really, I find this all so confusing--and frustrating -that this travesty of Justice can go on and on.