Judge denies Trump motions to dismiss classified documents case

by mvanigan

37 comments
  1. Honestly not surprising given the ridiculous argument Trump’s attorneys were making.

    Congratulations, “Judge” Cannon, you didn’t fuck up the most basic standard of jurisprudence.

  2. Here’s to the silver of hope that Trump *might* face the consequences of his actions 🥂

  3. “But let’s revisit this in August 2029 before the trial starts”

    -Judge Cannon 

  4. LMAO.

    I’m kind of surprised, honestly. She probably saw no way to dismiss it because I’m almost 100% certain The Federalist Society wanted her to.

  5. >He focused mainly on the judge and occasionally whispered and passed notes to one of his attorneys

    This bit is gold. What possible constructive input could be make? I have visions of him writing the notes with a sharpie and then signing them too

  6. >ruled that question “warrants serious consideration” but should not be decided at this point.

    Except it doesn’t warrant serious consideration.

  7. I fear she has not finished her traitorous intent to allow Honest Don to evade justice.

  8. >Trump’s claim that he should be shielded from prosecution because classified presidential records “can be transformed into ‘personal’” records by removing them from the White House.

    I can do it. Biden can’t. Mike can’t. How do I do it? The 2020 election was rigged, fraudulent. I’m still the President of the United States, not Biden.

    Yep, thats the hill he’s gonna die on.

  9. “It’s difficult to see how this gets you to the dismissal of an indictment,” the judge said at one point.”

    Translation: “I would like to help you get there, but this would be too obvious”

  10. She knows if she dismisses, the case will go to another court. Indict the mf in nj so we can nail him. He’s gonna be their sacrificial lamb no matter what way this plays out .. tear off the bandaid, lets end the shitshow.

  11. She must be aware that everybody knows she’s basically Trump’s side-piece.

  12. Wow. Is this… Is this what they call a “pleasant surprise”? I expected her to dismiss it, 100%. I don’t know how to feel right now. I’m sure it won’t last long enough for me to worry about figuring it out, though.

  13. Did Cannon and Merrick Garland go to the same law school?

  14. But she really just kicked the can down the road the road .

  15. > U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon found that Trump’s argument — that the main statute prosecutors are using against him is unconstitutionally vague as it applies to presidents — is better-suited to be addressed later “in connection with jury-instruction briefing and/or other appropriate motions.”

    Translation: I’ll use this instead to phrase the jury charge in a way that forces them to return an unappealable “not guilty” verdict.

  16. I wish it wasn’t so, but he won’t go to jail for any of the crimes he’s broken he’ll walk away from all of it. I’m not a fan of him at all but at this point he could only walk on water to prove to me he won’t go to jail.

  17. Waiting for MAGA to denounce Judge Cannon as a “woke diversity hire”…

  18. New chant, totally original.

    Lock Him Up!
    4 More Years!
    (repeat)

  19. Sorry can’t do that, it’d get appealed to someone competent, best I can do is delay in hopes that you can pardon yourself. -Very Real Judge Cannon

  20. I’m this picture, his hair reminds me of that picture of Mt. Fuji with the cloud just hovering over it.

  21. So is this appealable to the 11th? If so, we can kiss the chances of this happening before Nov out the door. The 11th will hold this up 3-0 and then of course the corrupt SCOTUS will agree to hear the case and set arguments next year since their session ends in June.

  22. These headlines give a false sense of victory. There is another motion that is far more likely for her to agree with

  23. If she dismissed the case then it would get appealed right away and Trump would face consequences. This way she keeps the ball bouncing and never needs to take a shot.

  24. The fact that she’s even holding hearings is the real scandal. She’s doing everything she can to slow-walk the case.

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