“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.”
Every time I read an article about this trial I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.
because the judge in this case is actually taking crazy trump pills
Yup. Nope. I feel like the crazy pills would help it make more sense, not less.
It’s also. It you. It’s the world that’s crazy.
If you’re trying to keep track of where we’re at in the Trump prosecutions:
Updated 06/05/2024
New York
34 state felonies
Stormy Daniels Payoff
Investigation
Indictment
Arrest
Trial
Conviction <- You Are Here Guilty, all 34 counts.
Sentencing - July 11, 2024Florida
40 federal felonies
Top Secret Documents charges
Investigation
Indictment
Original indictment was for 37 felonies. 3 new felonies were added on July 27, 2023.
Arrest <- You Are Here
Trial - May 8th, 2024 - Trial has been placed on an Indefinite Hold.
A June 21st hearing is scheduled to determine if the Special Prosecutor even has the authority to prosecute the case.
Conviction
SentencingWashington, D.C.
4 federal felonies
January 6th Election Interference
Investigation
Indictment
Arrest <- You Are Here
Trial - The trial, originally scheduled for March 4th, has been placed on hold pending the Supreme Court ruling on Presidential Immunity. They heard those arguments on April 25th. and the ruling is expected in June.
Conviction
SentencingGeorgia
10 state felonies
Election Interference
As of 3/13/24 - Judge McAfee cleared 6 charges, 3 against Trump, saying they were too generic to be enforced.
Investigation
Indictment
Arrest <- You Are Here
All 19 defendants have surrendered.
Trial - An October 4th, 2024 hearing has been set to determine if Fani Willis can remain on the case.
Three defendants, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, and bail bondsman Scott Hall, have all pled guilty and have agreed to testify in other cases.
Conviction
SentencingOther grand juries, such as for the documents at Bedminster, or the Arizona fake electors, have not been announced.
The E. Jean Carroll trial for sexual assault and defamation where Trump was found liable and ordered to pay $5 million before immediately defaming her again resulting in a demand for $10 million is not listed as it’s a civil case and not a crimimal one. He was found liable in that case for $83.3 million.
There had been multiple cases in multiple states to remove Trump from the ballot, citing ineligibility under the 14th amendment.
The Supreme Court ruled on March 4th that states do not have the ability to determine eligibility in Federal elections.
Man, the New York charges get me every time 34 state felonies while a literal insurrection attempt gets 4 federal. I already knew NY as a whole didn’t like Trump but it’s glorious to see how much they must hate him
(I know Florida has more, but I’m not holding my breath because it’s florida.)
To be honest, I don’t think it’s about quantity, but more about quality.
I’d rather Trump have one, one single charge of insurrection that leads him to life in prison (or 20 years or whatever, which would pretty much be life for him), than 50 that lead to nothing.
Thanks a lot, this clarified this news article instantly for me!
Can she actually do that?
I mean do judges have the power to do that?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The next question I have is… where’s her oversight peeps that have had to bitch at her few times already?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Cannon has already taken a drastically different tack from other trial-level federal judges who have handled criminal cases charged by recent special counsel’s offices – of which there have been five since Trump became president.
Many of the most substantive legal questions to be decided in the classified records case, which the Justice Department first brought against Trump last June, aren’t yet ripe for a decision.
That work is essentially reserved for defendants’ teams to bring and argue in courts across the country, opposite Justice Department prosecutors.
That third parties are being allowed to opine at the hearing is absurd,” Bradley Moss, a national security law expert based in Washington, DC, told CNN.
Two of those groups support Trump’s position to dismiss the case against him and say the special counsel, for various constitutional reasons, doesn’t have authority to prosecute.
Two former Republican-appointed US attorneys general, Edwin Meese and Michael Mukasey, are part of the groups of so-called “friends of the court” that side with Trump and whom Cannon will hear from.
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She’s doing everything she can because this is an open and shut case that he has absolutely no defense for.
She’s got to be removed, one way or another. This blatant corruption is unacceptable.
If nobody is going tk so anything about it, then there is no point is us (rightfully) getting riled up.
It seems a lot of media anger is righteous but performative while we let right wing crazies have their way.
