Good. Chief Judge of 11th District stops the orchestrated attacks on Judge Aileen Cannon.
"Although many of the complaints allege an improper motive in delaying the case, the allegations are speculative and unsupported by any evidence."
GFY @glennkirschner2
The same "legal experts" who insist Juan Merchan is legit--even admitting to "man crushes" on the compromised judge--are aiding a coordinated attack against Cannon, which has already led to at least one serious death threat resulting in prison time for the threat maker.
I do hope the court maintains records of who sent in the complaints.
Any officer of the court who participated in the coordinated attack should be identified and reprimanded accordingly.
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Merrick Garland will testify before @JudiciaryGOP this morning. (Let's hope Republicans do a better job than they did yesterday with Fauci.)
Garland reportedly will denounce "baseless" attacks against DOJ including use of deadly force policy in FBI plan to raid MAL.
Garland claims the language is "standard" and was contained in the FBI plan to search Biden's home for classified documents.
OK - bring the receipts, Mr. AG. Where is the FD-888 or any other document to prove his claim re: Biden?
It's sort of interesting that Special Counsel Jack Smith TWICE failed to note the use of deadly force language in Biden search documents in his gag order request related to that very issue.
Are you aware that Smith's lead prosecutor Jay Bratt misled Judge Cannon--something Smith admitted in a brief last month--about the condition of evidence seized at Mar-a-Lago?
What is the status of the DOJ OPR investigation into Bratt for threatening a defense attorney?
NEW: Two Trump judges side with DOJ in denying appeal by Thomas Webster, former NYPD cop, related to change of venue and biased jurors that resulted in his conviction.
A full-throated endorsement of DC's rigged legal and judicial system by Gregory Katsas and Neomi Rao
The presiding judge in this case was Judge Amit Mehta, an Obama appointee and one of the toughest on J6ers. It was one of the first J6 trials.
Jury selected in one day.
He was convicted in a matter of hours.
Webster is a former Marine and once worked security detail at Gracie Mansion.
He approached the police line after he witnessed police officer assaulting protesters including a woman.
Mehta refused to let the jury see several minutes of video before Webster confronted police.
This is unbelievable. Appellate panel ENDORSED a sentencing enhancement bc Webster wore "body armor" to protect himself.
Hey @mrddmia you can take Katsas and Rao off any SCOTUS list for Trump.
NEW: Donald Trump just filed a response to Jack Smith's holiday weekend motion to modify release conditions to prohibit the former president from making statements about law enforcement involved in classified documents case:
I can tell you as someone who has covered these proceedings diligently including attending court hearings, Cannon will not take lightly Smith's failure to confer with defense in any meaningful way before posting the motion.
Trump motion on left, Smith's footnote on right:
My followers already know this because after Smith filed his motion, I noted how many times Judge Cannon has scolded prosecutors for making vague claims about witness safety in their requests to seal evidence.
Which is why my first reaction to Smith's motion is that DOJ just opened a can of worms.
Within the span of a half hour last week, one of Jack Smith's prosecutors in classified docs case called defense argument "garbage," told Judge Cannon the proceeding "is no way to run a railroad," and pounded on podium, clapped his hands in rage:
David Harbach threw a mini temper tantrum over claims that Jay Bratt, Harbach's co-counsel on Smith's team, threatened a defense attorney during an August 2022 meeting.
Stanley Woodward, who represents Walt Nauta, Trump's valet also charged in the case, has alleged that Bratt wanted Nauta to flip on Trump and become a government witness.
During the August 2022 meeting, Bratt--according to a court filing by Woodward--brought up Woodward's pending judicial application before DC Superior Court. Bratt said something like, "you don't want to do anything to mess that up." Meaning--get your client to cooperate.
The meeting is a subject of a congressional inquiry, a DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility probe, and Nauta's motion to dismiss for vindictive prosecution.
Cannon is considering the motion and Nauta's request for any discovery related to the meeting including correspondence.
This is how one exchange went down Wednesday morning as Cannon pressed for details about Harbach's knowledge of records about the meeting--Harbach had just described Woodward's account of the August 2022 meeting a "fantasy."
Bratt also allegedly said to Woodward something about "we don't view you as a Trump lawyer."
Cannon pushed Harbach to either confirm/deny that remark--you see here how he changed his tune:
NEW: Trump's latest motion to dismiss classified docs case just hit the docket.
Trump accuses Jack Smith of prosecutorial abuse and denial of due process.
Trump again accuses Biden White House of colluding with National Archives to concoct the case:
The Archivist at the time was David Ferriero, an Obama appointee who called Jan 6 the worst day of his life.
He started threatening Trump's transition team in spring 2021 that he would go to DOJ unless they returned unspecified presidential records. He warned he would notify the DOJ that Trump destroyed official papers:
What a dirty rat.
Time for a congressional subpoena of Mr. Ferriero.