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Trump’s lawyers on Wednesday afternoon attended a hearing in Fort Pierce, Florida on whether Judge Cannon will agree to postpone the classified documents trial currently scheduled for May 2024.On Tuesday, Trump and his attorneys visited a SCIF (Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility) to view classified material related to Jack Smith’s case ahead of Wednesday’s hearing, according to a leak to ABC News.Judge Aileen Cannon last month paused litigation in Jack Smith’s classified documents case as she decides whether to grant Trump’s motion to extend deadlines related to classified material.

Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 @julie_kelly2 BREAKING: I told you Judge Cannon is legit. She is not going to tolerate Jack Smith's bull***t. This is gold--she asks defense to raise possible grand jury abuse by DOJ for conducting nearly all of the investigation in DC then switching to FLA at last minute for indictment. 9:27 AM · Aug 7, 2023

I am really enjoying the frothing of the mouths of liberals today on Twitter. They are losing their minds over the Special Master rulingU.S. District Judge from the Southern District of Florida Judge Aileen M. Cannon ordered that the special master be appointed to "review the seized property, manage assertions of privilege and make recommendations thereon, and evaluate claims for return of property." They have let loose a torrent of outrage: I expressed no opinion about whether the District Court judge would deny the Special Master request because I knew who she was. However, I now express my opinion that...

A Florida man pleaded guilty to federal charges of threatening to kill Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Palm Beach Gardens resident Paul Vernon Hoeffer, 60, pleaded guilty to interstate transmission of threats to injure in federal court in Ft. Pierce, the DOJ stated. He faces up to 15 years in federal prison. In March of 2019, Hoeffer called the office of the Speaker, stating that he had come a "long way" to "rattle" her head with bullets and threatened to behead her. The DOJ also stated that he had...

This will be a weekly post. Count is now 222 judges confirmed 2 Trade Court judges 164 District Court judges 53 Circuit Court judges 3 Supreme Court justices Yesterday President Trump nominated Raúl M. Arias-Marxuach to fill the vacancy on the 1st Circuit. If confirmed, along with Thomas Kirsch to fill the 7th Circuit vacancy, Trump will have 55 Circuit judges confirmed in less than four years, matching Obama's 55 in EIGHT years. This week ancient Senator Dianne Feinstein begged Lindsay Graham to halt confirming judges. He basically told her to pound sand. There are currently 53 vacancies on the...

This will be a weekly post. Count remains at 218 judges confirmed. 2 Trade Court judges 161 District Court judges 53 Circuit Court judges 2 Supreme Court justices Senator McConnell did file for cloture for several judges this week, but with at least two senators testing positive for coronavirus those votes will likely be put off. The democrats are trying to use the president's diagnosis to delay the confirmation of judge Amy Coney Barrett to be Supreme Court justice. But Chairman Graham can simply move the hearings to Zoom (and should). Judiciary Committee members Lee and Tillis both tested positive...