Judge Aileen Cannon is planning on holding a sprawling hearing on Donald Trump’s request to declare Jack Smith’s appointment as special counsel invalid, signaling the judge could be more willing than any other trial judge to veto the special prosecutor’s authority.

“The issue, now before Cannon in the Southern District of Florida federal court, is likely to remain in the political debate at least until Cannon holds a hearing on the legal power of the special counsel to prosecute a defendant, on June 21.”

  • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    5 months ago

    Remember that she has several motions that she has yet to rule on, along with some that she has stated that she will not rule on until after the trial starts. Which means her plan is:

    • Delay the trial by any means necessary that aren’t appealable until after the election.
    • If Trump wins, he orders the DOJ to back off of his cases, so she doesn’t have to do anything. Trump walks.
    • If Trump loses, she can start the trial, seat the jury, then rule on those motions and dismiss the case with double jeopardy attached. Trump walks.

    This is all part of the plan.

    • jaybone@lemmy.world
      8·
      5 months ago

      If Trump loses the election, why not let the trial go through? These people can’t be drinking their own snake oil.

      • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        5 months ago

        These people can’t be drinking their own snake oil.

        Never underestimate MAGA’s insatiable thirst for snake oil. Come on, the GOP in the House were still pushing horse paste as a viable treatment for COVID mere days ago in the Fauci hearing. People are drinking raw milk that may be contaminated with H5N1 bird flu just to “own teh libz”. These people absolutely can and will drink their own snake oil, then ask for seconds.