DOJ pushing to keep Trump from blocking release of classified docs report on immunity grounds

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11. But here is the problem with this continued argument

The "documents" case WAS assigned to be her case. You do realize her court in the Southern District of Florida - IS under the 11th Circuit who would be hearing the appeal), right?

If the appeal had been in DOJ's favor, the case would most likely have been sent BACK TO HER.

The "jurisdiction" argument and snafu was with her overreach to the J6 case (volume) that she had no jurisdiction over and was under Judge Tanya Chutkan.

When she "relented" - it was for the J6 case -

Judge Cannon OKs release of special counsel’s report into Trump and election subversion

By Tierney Sneed, CNN
4 minute read
Updated 11:44 PM EST, Mon January 13, 2025


CNN — Judge Aileen Cannon said Monday she would not block the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on his investigation into Donald Trump and efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

However, Cannon scheduled a court hearing later this week on Attorney General Merrick Garland’s plan to share with some lawmakers the part of Smith’s report dealing with the classified documents probe. In the meantime, she is continuing to halt the department from disclosing that aspect of the report to anyone outside of the agency.

Trump asked the judge late Monday to rethink her order clearing the way for the release of the portion dealing with the 2020 election probe, arguing it should remain on hold so that he could put forward his arguments for blocking the report’s entire release at the Friday hearing.

Cannon rejected the Trump team’s last-minute attempt to delay the Justice Department’s release of the election subversion volume of the report, leaving an earlier hold on it to lift at midnight.

And this -

. Yes, we know that garland didn't appoint Smith until...
...late in 2022, almost 2 years after the crimes were commited live on television.

And this continues to ignore the timeline that I have provided over and over including to you here - https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3308534

AGAIN - the timeline - A Press release happened 9 days after January 6, 3 months BEFORE Merrick Garland was even confirmed -

DOJ OIG Announces Initiation of Review

Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz announced today that:

The DOJ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is initiating a review to examine the role and activity of DOJ and its components in preparing for and responding to the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The DOJ OIG will coordinate its review with reviews also being conducted by the Offices of Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of the Interior. The DOJ OIG review will include examining information relevant to the January 6 events that was available to DOJ and its components in advance of January 6; the extent to which such information was shared by DOJ and its components with the U.S. Capitol Police and other federal, state, and local agencies; and the role of DOJ personnel in responding to the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. The DOJ OIG also will assess whether there are any weaknesses in DOJ protocols, policies, or procedures that adversely affected the ability of DOJ or its components to prepare effectively for and respond to the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. If circumstances warrant, the DOJ OIG will consider examining other issues that may arise during the review.

The DOJ OIG is mindful of the sensitive nature of the ongoing criminal investigations and prosecutions related to the events of January 6. Consistent with long-standing OIG practice, in conducting this review, the DOJ OIG will take care to ensure that the review does not interfere with these investigations or prosecutions.

Posted Date January 15, 2021

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https://oig.justice.gov/news/doj-oig-announces-initiation-review-1

Transcript of January 15, 2021 DOJ PRESS CONFERENCE (PDF) - Press Conference Friday, January 15, 2021, 1:00 PM Eastern

United States Department of Justice
Press Conference
Friday, January 15, 2021, 1:00 PM Eastern

PARTICIPANTS

Marc Raimondi - Spokesman

Michael Sherwin - Interim United States Attorney for the District of
Columbia

Steven D'Antuono - FBI Assistant Director in Charge of Washington Field
Officer

Ashan Benedict - Special Agent in Charge of ATF Office in Washington


PRESENTATION

Operator
Good day, and welcome to the Department of Justice media call. All participants will be in listen-
only mode. Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing "*"
followed by "0". After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. You
may join the queue at any time during the presentation by pressing "*" then "1" on your
touchtone phone. To withdraw your question, please press "*" then "2". Please note this event is
being recorded.

I would now like to turn the conference over to Marc Raimondi. Please go ahead.

Marc Raimondi
Thank you, and thank you all for joining us. We are a few minutes late because we wanted to
wait until the mayor of DC was able to finish her press conference because I think hers went a
little late.

We have three speakers today that will give brief remarks, and then we have time for a few
questions, and then we will let these guys that are leading the investigations and the
prosecutions get back to work. The first that is going to speak is the Acting U.S. Attorney for the
District of Washington, Michael Sherwin. He is going to be followed by the FBI Assistant
Director in Charge of the Washington Field Office Steven D'Antuono, and then we have an
individual, Ashan Benedict, who is the Special Agent in Charge of the ATF Office here in
Washington. Again he hasn't been one on these calls previously. It is Ashan, A-S-H-A-N
Benedict, B-E-N-E-D-I-C-T.

Without further ado, I'm going to turn it over to Michael Sherwin, but I would ask that if you do
think you're going to ask a question, start queuing up now, I believe it is "*" "1" to queue up so
we can get right into the Q&A phase and then let these guys get back to their day job. Thank
you. Go ahead.

Michael Sherwin
So hello, everyone. It is Mike Sherwin here. So a quick update with where we are at in terms of
prosecution and the investigation, and then I will turn it over to my colleagues here with the
Bureau and ATF.

So as of this morning 8 AM, we have currently 175 open investigations that are subjects that we
are currently looking at related to the violence in the capital. That would include cases of
violence outside the Capitol and also on the Capitol grounds, and also inside the Capitol. Of--as
related to those 275 open investigations, we anticipate that that is going to grow easily past 300
probably by the end of the day and then exponentially increase into the weekend and next
week.

So again, as of 8 AM this morning, in terms of cases, prosecutions we have opened 98 criminal
cases in terms of criminal cases that have been filed, and the majority of those cases are
federal felony cases, so I think I tried to articulate this earlier this week that, initially, we were
looking to fix, fine and charge the low hanging fruit, the individuals that we could easily roundup
in charge. A great bulk of those were misdemeanor cases, but as the investigation continues, as
the days and weeks progress, we are looking at more significant federal felony charges, and
that is exactly what we are doing in partnership with our local and federal partners.

So some of the cases that I think want to just highlight, they are emblematic of what we are
trying to do here are the following in terms of trying to really focus on some of the violent
offenders both inside and outside the Capitol. Some of these cases include Mr. Peter Stager;
this was the individual out of Arkansas. He was charged with a federal felony and arrested
yesterday in Arkansas, and this was the individual I think that's really the height of hypocrisy
that was beating an MPD officer with a flagpole, and at the other end of that flagpole was
attached the American flag and look as a veteran I found that case even more egregious, the
act of again just the hypocrisy of Mr. Stager's actions.

Another case focusing on violence that was Mr. Steger's case was violence on law
enforcement, and we are specifically focusing on that but also, unfortunately, as this case goes
on, we are seeing indications that law enforcement officers, both former and current, may have
been off duty and participating in this riot activity and I think as we said earlier, we don't care
what your profession is, who you are, who you are affiliated with if you were conducting or
engaged in criminal activity we will charge you, and you will be arrested, and that is exactly what
we are doing.

(snip)

Much more in PDF...

And your response? It was this - https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3308540

Think. Again. (19,884 posts)
33. Thanks, but not interested in the timeline... Tue Sep 17, 2024, 12:03 PM

I'm interested in the current doj bringing charges against the crimes committed by trump and associates.

The trespassing and such arrests of trump's pawns were a good start, but the real serious crimes need to be addressed by the only agency that has the responsibility to do that.

"They insult us in an attempt to gaslight us and we will not stand for it.” -VP Harris

^^^emphasis mine

TO REPEAT

"I'm interested in the current doj bringing charges".

"'Indictments' = 'charges'"

"sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity"