Law Judge Cannon dismisses classified documents case against Trump

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From Washington Post:

The federal judge overseeing the classified documents charges against former president Donald Trump has dismissed the indictment on the grounds that special counsel Jack Smith was improperly appointed, according to a new court filing Monday.

U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon’s ruling is a remarkable win for Trump, whose lawyers have thrown longshot argument after longshot argument to dismiss the case. Other courts have rejected similar arguments to the one that he made in Florida about Smith’s unlawful appointment.

“Upon careful study of the foundational challenges raised in the Motion, the Court is convinced that Special Counsel’s Smith’s prosecution of this action breaches two structural cornerstones of our constitutional scheme—the role of Congress in the appointment of constitutional officers, and the role of Congress in authorizing expenditures by law,” Cannon concluded in her 93-page order.

This is a developing story. It will be updated.

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As far as I understand, Jack Smith has the ability to appeal this with the 11th circuit, who have harshly criticized and overruled Aileen Cannon previously. I hope he also has the ability to demand her complete removal.
 
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4 months is a long time, but at this point it does seem as if the dems lawfare attack against President Trump is falling apart at the seams. With that failing and him literally dodging bullets over the weekend I wonder what their next plan of attack is?
 
4 months is a long time, but at this point it does seem as if the dems lawfare attack against President Trump is falling apart at the seams. With that failing and him literally dodging bullets over the weekend I wonder what their next plan of attack is?
i mean, this has clearly been politically coordinated to get the case dismissed.
 
4 months is a long time, but at this point it does seem as if the dems lawfare attack against President Trump is falling apart at the seams. With that failing and him literally dodging bullets over the weekend I wonder what their next plan of attack is?
Electrified sharks obviously. Trump's only fear.
 
She's a Trump advocate in robes. What was she doing for the past however many months this has been? She just discovered Jack Smith was improperly appointed all of a sudden? lmao.
obviously the SC has the assist on this one.
 
Falling on her sword for Trump, that's cute.
She's young. Early 40's. And judges like to work until they're 9000. She could have a long career ahead of her. It's possible this works out really well for her. Who knows. Supreme Court. Maybe a spot on Fox News. It's also possible this completely blows up in her face. It's a hell of a gambit, that's for sure.
 
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She's young. Early 40's. And judges like to work until they're 9000. She could have a long career ahead of her. It's possible this works out really well for her. Who knows. Supreme Court. Maybe a spot on Fox News. It's also possible this completely blows up in her face. It's a hell of a gambit, that's for sure.

All the higher courts seem to have been highly critical of her handling of the case so far, I don't think she'll get much sympathy in the court system for just dismissing the case, lmao.

Trump still did the crimes here and he doesn't deserve a security clearance.
 
All the higher courts seem to have been highly critical of her handling of the case so far, I don't think she'll get much sympathy in the court system for just dismissing the case, lmao. Trump still did the crimes here and he doesn't deserve a security clearance.
Yes, it's very early, people are still digesting this new bit of news, but many are saying it's not really bad news. If a new judge gets assigned, the case can actually move forward. Of course, that's a moot point if Trump wins the election.
 
4 months is a long time, but at this point it does seem as if the dems lawfare attack against President Trump is falling apart at the seams. With that failing and him literally dodging bullets over the weekend I wonder what their next plan of attack is?
The political pendulum swings..

It should be interesting to see in what direction trump decides to draw the direction of this storm.

Democrats are already folding as usual by pulling back all attacks from trump because he got his ear pierced. I hear they even canceled their morning Joe show because now is not the time to hurt trumps feelings.

Basically stuffed candy and ice cream down the kids mouths the last few months and now want them to settle down and take a nap..

That’s not how this works Dems, this snowball is more then half way down the mountain, either stop it or get out of the fucking way..
 

Former President Trump’s Motion to Dismiss Indictment Based on the Unlawful Appointment and Funding of Special Counsel Jack Smith is GRANTED in accordance with this Order [ECF No. 326]. The Superseding Indictment is DISMISSED because Special Counsel Smith’s appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution. U.S. Const., Art. II, § 2, cl. 2. Special Counsel Smith’s use of a permanent indefinite appropriation also violates the Appropriations Clause, U.S. Const., Art. I, § 9, cl. 7, but the Court need not addressthe proper remedy for that funding violation given the dismissal on Appointments Clause grounds. The effect of this Order is confined to this proceeding.
 
So, Clarence Thomas used his concurrence in the immunity case to argue for the desired outcome here, and apparently Aileen Cannon cited Thomas 5 times in her ruling. Basically, an aside from Thomas was used to dismiss the consensus from previous rulings well established.

I wonder if they take RV and yacht trips together?
 
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I posted about this already in the indictments thread, but it’s a really crazy and far-fetched legal argument that has been tried before and smacked down before. We’ll see what happens on appeal. I would hope and expect that Cannon both be overruled, and removed from this case.

I expect Hunter Biden will make a similar filing, as he is about go on trial in a tax case in CA that David Weiss would have no authority to prosecute if Thomas and Cannon are correct (and I don’t believe they are).

Clearly this mess will have to get sorted out.
 
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