Legal experts bash 'pandering' judge running to Trump's defense — and predict he'll be charged with obstruction https://www.rawstory.com/trump-judge-pandering-obstruction-charges/ Former prosecutors Cynthia Alksne and Glenn Kirschner sounded the alarm about the judge who granted Donald Trump's demand for a "special master" to review the documents at Mar-a-Lago for any possible attorney-client privilege, while speaking to MSNBC fill-in host Michael Steele. Kirschner pointed out that never in his 30 years practicing law has he ever seen a judge make a ruling before she'd heard from the opposing side. "I went back and looked at U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon's order, and here is what she said," Kirschner began. "Before I read this one sentence, Michael, mind you that she entered this tentative order before the Department of Justice prosecutors even had an opportunity to weigh in on the issue. She said quote, 'The court hereby provides notice of its preliminary intent to appoint a special master in this case.' And she has only heard from Trump's defense team." He said that he's never heard a judge announce a "tentative ruling" before both parties have been heard. "I think this indicates a judge who has extraordinarily poor judgment at best, and at worse is biased in favor of Donald Trump," he continued. "As a footnote, I think it is worth mentioning that she was confirmed by the Senate, Mitch McConnell's Senate after Donald Trump lost the presidential election." Alksne straight-up called it "pandering. I think that is the legal term for this garbage." She went on to say that there likely won't be a so-called "special master" appointed. The government seems to be indicating that they've already searched through the documents with those who have the appropriate level of clearance. The appointment of a special master would mean that they had to find someone who has the highest level of clearance to handle such documents in a secure facility. The problem, however, is that there is no "special master" for executive privilege cases. The Justice Department is likely to appeal the decision to a higher court that will overrule Judge Aileen Cannon, and likely, publicly humiliate her. "I do not think there will be a special master," Alksne explained. "He has requested a special master, basically, because Rudy got one in the attorney-client case. This isn't an attorney-client privilege case. They've cited the wrong statutes as they are trying to appoint the special master. There is no special master and executive privilege cases. And in the Presidential Records Act, executive privilege cases — those must be filed in D.C. This is filed in Florida. So, it is in the wrong jurisdiction. And there is no special master for classified information cases. So, I think it is only a matter of time when the pandering ends by the Trump judge that there will not be a special master and that this is a delay tactic." Kirschner called "pandering" a nice characterization. "There's also the possibility of an obstruction of justice charge. Trump may have escaped accountability under the obstruction of Robert Mueller's probe, but he no longer enjoys the protection of the executive branch and the Justice Department's decision not to indict a sitting president. Kirschner called the likely charges of obstruction "more than just a possibility." "The reason it is such an important criminal charge that the FBI agent who drafted the affidavit, in support of the Mar-a-Lago search warrant, included in what they are criminally investigating, is because it does not matter the nature of the documents," said Kirschner. "They could be classified, they could have been magically declassified by Trump, not really but that is when he is claiming. They could be confidential secrets, secret SCI special access programs. They could be whatever, and the fact that Trump and company secreted them, concealed, them and refused to produce them even after being subpoenaed for them — is what makes this obstruction of justice regardless of the classification of those documents." Alksne also said that the blacked-out portion of the affidavit is likely the "obstruction" part of the case against Trump. "It is the heart and soul of this investigation," she explained. "And the decision on prosecution ultimately will be based, in my, opinion, on the obstruction if there is national security damage. That assessment is being undergone right now."
Generally the flowers from the service go on the bare earth to cover. They have to wait a bit to let the ground settle to fill in more before planting grass. If it weren’t for the bronze memorial, it looks more like an indigent site than of the wife of a billionaire.
Justice Department tells judge it already reviewed Trump documents The DOJ said their team went through the materials before the court called for an independent special master https://www.foxnews.com/politics/justice-department-tells-judge-already-reviewed-trump-documents
Trump's legal "dream team: A guy he hired because saw him on TV, a former prosecutor; a former host on One America News Network, a Florida insurance lawyer; and the former general counsel for a parking-garage firm. With lawyers like this, how can he lose. I hope they are not thinking they will actually be paid. Trump hired one of the lawyers defending him in the Mar-a-Lago raid case after seeing him on TV, report says https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...fter-seeing-him-on-tv-report-says/ar-AA11dPO1 The lawyers representing Trump against the DOJ was quickly assembled and has questionable experience. According to the NYT, Trump picked former federal prosecutor Jim Trusty after seeing him on TV. Experts have criticized Trump's filings as bombastic and thin on actual legal substance. One of the lawyers fighting the Department of Justice on Donald Trump's behalf was hired after the former president saw him on TV, according to a report. The New York Times reported the detail on Sunday about the hiring of Jim Trusty, a former federal prosecutor. It cited unnamed people close to Trump for the information. Trusty is one of several Trump lawyers countering attempts by the federal government to investigate his handling of government records after he left office, including the fallout of the FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago which found a cache of highly-classified material. Legal experts have, in the main, not been impressed with their efforts. As Insider reported earlier in August, one expert termed the team "either completely incompetent or out of their depth." Renato Mariotti, a former longtime federal prosecutor, told Insider: "That's part of the reason why the former president has trouble finding lawyers: Because he demands that they file documents and take positions that have no legal support whatsoever." Trump's legal team also includes Evan Corcoran, also a former prosecutor; Christina Bobb, a former host on One America New Network; Lindsey Halligan, a Florida insurance lawyer; and Alina Habba, the former general counsel for a parking-garage firm. Corcoran is also said to have come into Trump's team in an unusual way. According to a recent Washington Post report, Trump hired him in a conference call without ever having met him. According to a source close to Trump, Corcoran was not vetted at all. Trump has aggressively responded to suggestions that he was struggling to hire good lawyers. In a Truth Social post responding to an earlier Washington Post report alleging he was having trouble finding talented lawyers, he wrote: "I already have excellent and experienced lawyers — am very happy with them." Read the original article on Business Insider
The redacted "source" that they put in an affidavit could be like a meteorologist (weatherman), who accidentally fat fingers information that is wrong, but which a lot of people end up consuming, sinking a lot of yachts on the open sea. What are the chances that this source is accidentally wrong, versus maliciously spreading gossip as fact? Reasonable and intelligent people want to know, like Sprout.
If the liar knows his name will never be redacted, because it is protected by layers of other liars, would there be enough skin in the game to deserve any credibility?