“Laughingstock” Rep. Stefanik Asks Ethics Commission To Discipline Trump Judge In NYC https://www.tampafp.com/laughingstock-rep-stefanik-discipline-trump-judge/ Former prosecutor on Stefanik’s ethics complaint against NY fraud judge: ‘She knows better’ https://thehill.com/regulation/cour...se-stefaniks-ethics-complaint-ny-fraud-trial/ ‘She Knows Better’: Former FBI General Counsel Slams Stefanik’s ‘Irresponsible’ Ethics Complaint Against Trump Judge https://www.mediaite.com/tv/she-kno...onsible-ethics-complaint-against-trump-judge/
Just like one of Inmate #P01135809's adult diapers, the Georgia election case is leaking. Fulton County prosecutors ask for emergency seal of evidence after video leak in election subversion case https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/14/politics/fulton-county-proffer-video-leak-filing/index.html
Trump's continuous delays ensure his Georgia trial will be front & foremost during the election season. On one hand, this may be a deliberate tactic of his to rile up his followers to elect him... or if he loses to claim "voter fraud" again in 2024. On the other hand, it may ensure a large ground swell of people turning out to vote against Trump. Fulton County DA expects Georgia election subversion case against Trump won’t conclude before 2024 election https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/14/poli...ump-election-subversion-case-2024?cid=ios_app Fulton County District Fani Willis on Tuesday said she expects a trial in the Georgia 2020 election subversion case against Donald Trump and his allies would be ongoing during the 2024 election and may not conclude until early 2025. “I believe in that case there will be a trial. I believe the trial will take many months,” Willis said during an interview at The Washington Post Live’s Global Women’s Summit. “And I don’t expect that we will conclude until the winter or the very early part of 2025.” As Trump takes on his third run for president, his ongoing legal troubles are colliding with his campaigning efforts, causing scheduling headaches and uncertainty for both his lawyers and campaign staffers. While a trial date has not been set for Trump in the Georgia case, the GOP 2024 presidential front-runner already faces a civil trial beginning January 15, the same day as the Iowa caucuses; two criminal trials in March, with the first beginning the day before Super Tuesday; and a third criminal case beginning in May. (More at above url)
Will no one rid me of this meddlesome prosecutor? Jack Smith Cites Medieval Murder as He Seeks Donald Trump Gag Order https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jack-smith-gag-order-campaign-rally-medieval-murder-1843867 Federal prosecutors have asked an appeal court to impose a gag order on Donald Trump after he attacked special counsel Jack Smith and his family in a speech last week. In their filing, prosecutors cited Henry II's reputed words before four of his knights killed Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas à Becket. "Repeated attacks are often understood as a signal to act—just as King Henry II's remark, 'Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?' resulted in Thomas à Becket's murder," the filing submitted by Smith and five of his Justice Department attorneys explains. Henry II was reputed to have made the remark from his castle in Normandy in 1170, leading four of his knights to travel to England and kill Thomas à Becket. By making the historical parallel, prosecutors want to show the alleged danger of Trump's criticism of special counsel Jack Smith, at Trump campaign rallies, even if, like Henry II, the former president doesn't directly call for violence. Smith is leading the prosecution case in Trump's election interference case and is a frequent target of the former president at campaign rallies. In their filing on Tuesday, the prosecutors ask the appeal court to reimpose a gag order that was placed on Trump by Tanya Chutkan, the U.S. district judge in Washington D.C. overseeing Trump's election interference case. "There has never been a criminal case in which a court has granted a defendant an unfettered right to try his case in the media, malign the prosecutor and his family, and...target specific witnesses with attacks on their character and credibility," the federal prosecutors wrote in their submission to the Circuit Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals lifted the gag order while it hears the case taken by Trump, who wants the gag order removed completely. The appeals court is set to hear oral arguments on the gag order next week. The former president was indicted on four counts in Washington D.C. for allegedly working to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the runup to the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges, including conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. It is one of four criminal cases that Trump is facing while he campaigns as frontrunner in the polls for the Republican presidential nomination. He has also pleaded not guilty to charges in the other cases and has repeatedly said that they form part of a political witch hunt. Newsweek sought email comment on Tuesday from Donald Trump's attorney. In a brief last week, Trump's legal team told the appeals court that Chutkan's gag order had been "sweepingly overbroad." In response, Smith's office wrote in their filing on Tuesday that Chutkan's order was grounded on "well-supported factual findings, narrowly tailored to advance a compelling interest, and more than sufficiently clear to provide the defendant with fair notice of how to conduct himself." "In particular, the Order leaves the defendant free to do virtually everything that he has claimed, throughout the litigation, that he must be able to do to run for office while defending himself in court," prosecutors wrote. "And the distinctions it draws between criticizing the policies of a political rival or describing the prosecution as politically motivated, on the one hand, and targeting trial participants or their expected trial testimony, on the other, is readily comprehensible. The Order should be affirmed." "The defendant has recently resumed targeting the Special Counsel's family while the order has been administratively stayed," they wrote and included a link from the C-SPAN TV station to Trump's campaign speech in Claremont, New Hampshire on November 11. In that speech, Trump said Smith is "deranged" and a "Trump-hating prosecutor," and that "his wife and family despise me much more than he does." Ranking the Smith family's dislike of him, Trump said Jack Smith is "about at 10" and his family is "about a 15 on a scale of 10." "The Trump-hating prosecutor in the case, his wife and family despise me much more than he does and I think he's about a ten," he said. "They're about a 15, on a scale of 10...He's a disgrace to America." Tuesday's submission also mentions Trump's previous social media comment on the Truth Social website, in which he wrote: "IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I'M COMING AFTER YOU!" Prosecutors said it may be linked to a death threat that was made against Chutkan this past summer. "That episode was part of a pattern, stretching back years, in which people publicly targeted by the defendant are, as a result of the targeting, subject to harassment, threats, and intimidation," prosecutors told the appeals court.
Ex-Trump Attorney Predicts Jail Time As Trump Goes ‘Off The Rails' https://news.yahoo.com/ex-trump-attorney-predicts-jail-100741692.html Former Trump White House attorney Ty Cobb on Tuesday explained why Donald Trump’s “off the rails” rhetoric and attacks on those overseeing or involved in his myriad legal cases will first see the former president being sanctioned and then at some point will “result in him being put his jail pending some of these trials.” Trump earlier Tuesday shared another user’s post on his Truth Social platform which said they would like to see New York State Attorney Letitia James and Judge Arthur Engoron placed under citizens’ arrest. The post was later removed from Trump’s feed. James brought a $250 million fraud lawsuit against Trump and his company for allegedly overvaluing their assets for financial gain. Engoron is overseeing the case, which is currently being tried in New York. “These are the types of incendiary attacks that do lead to violence,” Cobb told CNN’s Erin Burnett. “He specifically asked people to conduct a citizen’s arrest. Detention of either James or Engoron would be a crime if committed by any individual who was so motivated by the president’s remarks.” Trump “continues to be off the rails in terms of the extent to which his invective infects these proceedings and has the potential to intimidate witnesses,” he added. “I believe that at some point comments like this will result in Trump not only being sanctioned, which will probably be the first order of business, but at some point, these types of comments will result in him being put in jail pending some of these trials.” Burnett said that would be “really stunning to imagine” and “horrible” for America. Cobb said Republican 2024 front-runner Trump’s “petty dictator-type talk” amid world crises “diminishes him and the United States every day.” (Article has video)
So basically the lawyers for Trump's co-defendants in Georgia deliberately leaked video of the turned-witnesses to the media in order to intimidate these witnesses. There should be more punishment for this than merely saying the videos are now under a "protective order". Georgia Judge in Trump RICO Case Issues Protective Order After Confidential Witness Videos Leak to Media The eight-page order from Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee followed an emergency motion by prosecutors seeking an order protecting confidential evidence in the case https://themessenger.com/politics/trump-georgia-protective-order-mcafee
Trump classified documents trial running about four months behind schedule Judge Aileen Cannon put off setting deadline for Trump to submit notice about what classified information he intends to use at trial https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/17/trump-classified-documents-trial-delay
Trump smacked down again -- U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan tells Trump to pound sand concerning his motion to strike Jan. 6 language from indictment. Chutkan denies Trump motion to strike Jan. 6 language from indictment https://thehill.com/regulation/cour...motion-strike-jan-6-language-from-indictment/
Georgia DA seeks Aug. 5 trial for Trump in election interference case https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/17/geo...-for-trump-in-election-interference-case.html Fulton County DA Fani Willis wants Donald Trump and other defendants in their Georgia election inteference case to stand trial starting in early August 2024, three months before the presidential election. Trump and the others are charged with crimes related to a bid to undo the 2020 election win of President Joe Biden in Georgia. That proposed schedule would take into account potential delays in Trump’s other expected criminal trials next year. (More at above url)