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Democrats alarmed over conservative judges in Trump court cases
The Hill ^ | 5/2/2024 | Alexander Bolton

Posted on 05/03/2024 6:16:21 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Democratic lawmakers are sounding the alarm over what they see as conservative justices and judges tipping the scales in favor of former President Trump in two federal cases.

The two cases accuse the former president of attempting to subvert the 2020 election and obstructing justice related to his handling of classified documents.

Some Democratic senators suggest conservative justices on the Supreme Court are playing politics by slow-walking special counsel Jack Smith’s case related to the events of Jan. 6, 2021, so that there’s no chance of it reaching a verdict before Election Day.

And they are perplexed that District Judge Aileen Cannon has let Smith’s case on Trump’s handling of classified documents get bogged down in complex and arcane legal arguments over the Presidential Records Act, which prosecutors say has nothing to do with the case.

The bottom line is that Democrats doubt that two of the strongest criminal cases against Trump, including the more serious charge that he sought to overturn the results of the last presidential election, will reach a verdict before November.

Democratic senators felt exasperated by last week’s oral arguments before the Supreme Court, during which multiple justices in the conservative majority appeared open to the Trump legal team’s arguments that the former president should be given broad immunity for anything related to an official act, such as communicating to his supporters on Jan. 6 before they marched on Capitol Hill.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: trump

1 posted on 05/03/2024 6:16:21 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

How dare they play politics by stalling these politically motivated prosecutions!!!


2 posted on 05/03/2024 6:18:42 PM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: FlipWilson

And, how DARE they deal with FACTS instead of FICTION!


3 posted on 05/03/2024 6:28:41 PM PDT by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement! There)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Alexander Bolton of The Shill...
4 posted on 05/03/2024 6:28:58 PM PDT by kiryandil (Democrat Party operatives! Attack Rudy to avenge the laptop!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Answer to prayer!!


5 posted on 05/03/2024 6:30:16 PM PDT by AmericanMermaid
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Conservative” meaning not communist enough.


6 posted on 05/03/2024 6:30:27 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Democrats Lawfare to railroad Trump ain’t working and they are angry.


7 posted on 05/03/2024 6:30:36 PM PDT by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I didn’t know there WERE any conservative judges involved.


8 posted on 05/03/2024 6:32:09 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: FlipWilson
District Judge Aileen Cannon has let Smith’s case on Trump’s handling of classified documents get bogged down in complex and arcane legal arguments over the Presidential Records Act, which prosecutors say has nothing to do with the case

Yes, the Presidential Records Act has NOTHING to do with Presidential Records...

9 posted on 05/03/2024 6:32:38 PM PDT by kiryandil (Democrat Party operatives! Attack Kristi Noem because she's an effective woman!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
complex and arcane legal arguments of exposing the Truth behind all the Sealed documents...
10 posted on 05/03/2024 6:47:57 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: eyeamok

Unredacted is a $2 word, therefore arcane. This idiot couldn’t even give the definition for arcane if asked.


11 posted on 05/03/2024 6:52:02 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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Democrats alarmed over conservative literate judges in Trump court cases
12 posted on 05/03/2024 8:32:01 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Smith’s case on Trump’s handling of classified documents get bogged down in complex and arcane legal arguments over the Presidential Records Act, which prosecutors say has nothing to do with the case...[because they want to disregard the actual Act because it wrecks most of their case]



13 posted on 05/03/2024 8:33:53 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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Reading judge cannons rulings on the documents case it is clear as day Trump was setup by Biden and NARA. It’s almost like Trump is entitled to due process and not a kangaroo court like the New York trials funny how that works.


14 posted on 05/03/2024 9:03:04 PM PDT by Lod881019
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They want it both ways: They want to force Trump to take possession of classified documents, implicitly admitting he owns them, then they want to prosecute him for possessing the very documents they forced him to take possession of and implicitly admitted he owned.


15 posted on 05/03/2024 10:19:50 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I was educated in the old system. We were taught that referees and judges can not play favorites in order for there to be fairness.


16 posted on 05/04/2024 3:41:24 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That’s why Cannon is Supreme Court material she is literally forcing them to admit that they set this thing up to get the guy


17 posted on 05/05/2024 5:19:11 PM PDT by Lod881019
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