BREAKING: THREAD: In quite possibly the dumbest ruling I’ve ever read, Judge Cannon has denied the DoJ motion to stay part of her ruling (though I’m not surprised. I expected her to do this.) 1/
She opens by saying Dearie should prioritize looking through the 100 classified documents at issue in the motion for a stay first. LOOK THROUGH THEM FOR WHAT? Whether these are still classified govt docs or presidential records, THEY DO NOT BELONG TO DONALD. 2/
She then gets the DoJ argument completely wrong. Did she even read it? She completely leaves out the DoJ argument that EVEN IF these are personal presidential records under the PRA, they STILL belong to the government. 3/
Next, she goes on to quote criminal procedure in a CIVIL CASE, and basically says any criminal who complains about whether they can get fruits of a crime returned to them should get a fucking special master. 4/
She then COMPLETELY ignores the Asst Director of Counterintel at the FBI’s declaration that there WILL BE IRREPARABLE HARM. Then she seems to accuse the DoJ of leaks without evidence. 5/
OMG. She says the governments examples of how the criminal probe is inextricably linked to the risk assessment are vague. THEY USED THE SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF THE 43 EMPTY FOLDERS, you troglodyte. 6/
Holy shitballs. She says here that the DoJ can’t be trusted. Has anyone checked to see if she’s communicating with the trump team on this? 7/
Not that she gives a shit because she’s working for Donald and NOT the people, but I have a feeling the 11th circuit will upend her bullshit order post haste. Once again, shocked but not surprised. Here’s a link to the full ruling. END storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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