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Special Counsel investigation of Trump Mar-a-Lago and 2020 Election federal probes
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Great live tweet thread on the Trump hearing on settting trial date on the Jan 6 case—
Trump lawyers got a bit hot … but the judge was no way no how having a 2026 date (Trump team argued that they should have as long to prepare for defense as the DOJ had to investigate)
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End result —
[link=https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/redirect-to/?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.yahoo.com%2Ftrump-federal-election-interference-trial-153709577.html]Trump federal election interference trial set for March 4 2024[/link]Judge Tanya Chutkan on Monday said she understood all too well the need for Mr Trumps counsel to prepare for trial, but she pointed out that the governments efforts to organise evidence turned over in pre-trial discovery would aid those efforts.
I take seriously the defences request that Mr Trump be treated like any other defendant … but I also want to point out that most defendants do not receive this level of … organised and summarised discovery, she said.
She added that the prosecutions desired date did not give Mr Trump adequate time to prepare, but said Mr Trumps desired April 2026 start date was far beyond what is necessary.
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2026 is ridiculous.
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So he can be guilty of insurrection and prevented from running for president without ever standing trial for said insurrection?
Pretty sure due process is in the constitution.
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So he can be guilty of insurrection and prevented from running for president without ever standing trial for said insurrection?
The charges in the federal Jan 6 trial are not for “insurrection” or the incitement thereof.
Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government.
Conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding.
Obstruction of an official proceeding.
Conspiracy against rights.
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No finding of guilt on any of these charges would preclude Trump from running for President, participating in the 2024 election, or serving as President again should he win.
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I know.
If theyre trying to use the 14th amendment to keep him off the ballot claiming he led an insurrection, shouldnt they have to prove that in a court of law through due process? Or can you now just accuse someone and say they did it?
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I know.
If theyre trying to use the 14th amendment to keep him off the ballot claiming he led an insurrection, shouldnt they have to prove that in a court of law through due process? Or can you now just accuse someone and say they did it?
I am not an expert on the history of the 14th amendment, but to the best of my knowledge many people have been barred from holding office for participating in an insurrection despite not having stood trial for insurrection.
The challenge would be made to the candidacy, and a judge/jury could make a finding that the politician had indeed participated insurrection and thus be barred.
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The New Mexico case recently can be illustrative. The guy wanted to run for re-election. He had only been found guilty of a misdemeanor related to Jan 6, but the judge still held that he participated in insurrection and blocked him from holding office.
(That was based on the New Mexico constitution, not the 14th … nobody knows what would come from a 14A challenge to Trump)
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Also happening today —
Mark Meadow’s interesting strategy continues.
[link=https://www.justsecurity.org/87859/the-hatch-act-bars-meadows-removal-bid/] The Hatch Act Bars Meadows’ Removal Bid[/link]
[link=https://twitter.com/jeremyherb/status/1696168120346402975]https://twitter.com/jerem…us/1696168120346402975[/link] -
How dare lowlife prosecutor deranged Jack Smithbreak into my former Twitter account without informing meWhat could he possibly find out that is not already known?
Donald Trump, likely admitting that there is incriminating material in his Twitter account ;), [link=https://twitter.com/AccountableGOP/status/1696899755870126431?s=20]in a video[/link] posted yesterday.
Trump attacks Jack Smith for getting a search warrant for records related to his Twitter account:
“How dare lowlife prosecutor deranged Jack Smith...break into my former Twitter account without informing me...What could he possibly find out that is not already known?” pic.twitter.com/F5Y5veDSDf
— Republican Voters Against Trump (@AccountableGOP) August 30, 2023
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[link=https://www.meidastouch.com/news/ga-gov-kemp-no-special-session-on-fani-willis]https://www.meidastouch.c…session-on-fani-willis[/link]
[h1]GA Gov Kemp: No Special Session on Fani Willis[/h1] Kemp rejected calls by Colton Moore and others.
Kemp said the following: “I have not seen any evidence that DA Willis’s actions or lack thereof warrant action by the prosecuting attorney oversight commission.”
“There have been calls by one individual in the General Assembly and that got outside of these walls by the former president for a special session that would ignore current GA law and directly interfere with the proceedings of a separate but equal branch of government.”
“In Georgia, we will not be engaging in political theater that only inflames the emotions of the moment. We will do what is right .. We need to be honest with people about what we’re dealing with an not inciting people .. we have to be very careful when you’re in power … not to abuse that power.”[/QUOTE]
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[link=https://twitter.com/rgoodlaw/status/1697354370344484966]https://twitter.com/rgood…us/1697354370344484966[/link]
Mark Meadows has a potential perjury problem.
Fulton County DA puts it in understated terms in new brief.(DA uses it just for credibility.)Meadows’ testimony included false statement – his lack of “any role” in coordinating false electors Was then forced to acknowledge it.
Quote from FaniWillis
“Earlier, the defendant contacted another Secretary of State official and inquired whether the Trump campaign could ‘speed up’ a signature audit by providing funding directly to the State.”
“And after insisting that he did not play ‘any role’ in the coordination of slates of ‘fake electors’ throughout several states, the defendant was forced to acknowledge under cross-examination that he had in fact given direction to a campaign official in this regard.”
“Specifically, the defendant wrote an email, State’s Exhibit 1, in which he said, ‘We just need to have someone coordinating the electors for the states’ and attached a memorandum written by co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro recommending the organization of slates of presidential electors to meet and cast votes for Mr. Trump in states Mr. Trump had lost.”[/QUOTE]
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[h1]Prosecutors File Regarding Trumps Social Media Use[/h1] Justice Department lawyers [link=https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/redirect-to/?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.courtlistener.com%2Frecap%2Fgov.uscourts.dcd.258148%2Fgov.uscourts.dcd.258148.49.0.pdf]complained again[/link]to Judge Tanya Chutkan about Donald Trumps barrage of social media posts about his prosecution.
From a court filing: Defendants daily extrajudicial statements that threaten to prejudice the jury pool in this case.
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[b]IT guy flips[/b]
Mar-a-Lago IT worker Yuscil Taveras has struck a cooperation agreement with the special counsels office in the federal case over former President Donald Trumps handling of classified documents, Taveras former defense attorney said in a new court filing.
Taveras struck the deal with prosecutors after he was threatened with prosecution, defense attorney Stanley Woodward wrote in the filing dated Tuesday.
Taveras is referred to in the filing and in the superseding indictment as Trump Employee 4, and CNN has identified him as that employee.
According to the terms of the deal explained in the filing, Taveras agreed to testify in the classified documents case and in exchange will not be prosecuted. He has not been charged with any crimes.
The filing marks the first public acknowledgment that special counsel Jack Smith has won the cooperation of key witnesses as part of his prosecution of Trump, his longtime valet Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos de Oliveira.
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Donald Trump [link=https://hughhewitt.com/former-president-donald-trump-on-his-trials-and-his-campaign]spoke with Hugh Hewitt[/link] on his radio show:
HEWITT: Did you direct anyone to move the boxes, Mr. President? Did you tell anyone to move the boxes?
TRUMP: I dont talk about anything. You know why? Because Im allowed to do whatever I want. I come under the Presidential Records Act. Im not telling you. You know, every time I talk to you, oh, I have a breaking story. You dont have any story. I come under the Presidential Records Act. Im allowed to do everything I did.
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[b]Fani Willis Seeks to Shield Jurors in Trump Trial[/b][/h1]
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has asked the judge in the Donald Trump racketeering trial to shield the identities of prospective jurors to spare them the threats and harassment faced by the grand jury that indicted the former president and 18 of his allies last month, the [link=https://www.ajc.com/news/willis-seeks-to-shield-jurors-in-trump-trial/7KXEQAXDL5D2TMG5V2MR4FP3XA/]Atlanta Journal Constitution[/link] reports. -
[b]Trump Plans Fundraiser for His Co-Defendants[/b][/h1]
Donald Trump is planning a candlelight dinner fundraiser with his sons at his Florida Mar-a-Lago club this fall to help pay the legal bills of those ensnared in the four separate criminal cases he faces, [link=https://themessenger.com/politics/trump-plans-family-style-mar-a-lago-dinner-to-raise-money-for-his-co-defendants]The Messenger[/link] reports.
The exact date and details of the event which could raise between $500,000 to $1 million are still being ironed out for the Patriot Legal Defense Fund.
