If you accept a very specific outlook into the mindset of the Lawfare operatives (Weissmann, Eisen, Berke, McCord et al) as strategic thinkers -the brain trust- behind the Special Counsel Jack Smith prosecution, then you might see the dynamic in this story.
Previously, amid his grand prose and proclamations outlining his spectacular and magnificent legal constructs, wunderkind Jack Smith was so confident in his case he strategically announced he would demand a “speedy trial” in order to preserve the great American democracy.
If you see Lawfare as a narrative construct, the pontification made sense.
However, less than two weeks later, suddenly the ever-confident Jack Smith is reversing his position and asking Florida Judge Cannon to delay the trial.
(Via NBC) – Special counsel Jack Smith has asked the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case to delay the start of his criminal trial until December.
The request came in a series of new motions filed late Friday by the special counsel.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had set a tentative date of Aug. 14 for the start of the trial. (more)
Remember, Lawfare is first and foremost a narrative construct intended for public media consumption. Lawfare originates from the perspective of an established legal goal, and then all of the activity is structured around supporting that goal. [A version of find me the man I’ll find you the crime.]
Lawfare is the opposite of following evidence. In fact, in its purest and most visible form, political Lawfare actually requires the ignoring of evidence.
♦ Why the delay?
I think the prosecutors got tripped up by their first motion.
Knowing how Weissmann, Berke, Eisen and McCord think, which is likely similar to how the lesser strategic Jack Smith thinks, the prosecution brain trust likely anticipated a counter motion to their first submission to the court restricting Trump’s access to the evidence being used against him.
The originating defense counter motion, if it had been filed based on substantive grounding around presidential power and ownership of the documents now cited as evidence, legally there would have been a very large constitutional argument sucking up months of court and litigation time.
I think the prosecution team was caught off guard when Trump’s lawyers just simply agreed to the terms and conditions. That has thrown the prosecution strategy into a timeline crunch they didn’t expect.
The DOJ crew were likely prepared to litigate a VERY big hurdle, and whether by accident or defense strategy when Trump’s lawyers acquiesced, they mooted the anticipated prosecutorial hurdle Smith was expecting.
While I don’t personally agree with that Trump defense team approach (if intended), the outcome of their agreement puts the more substantive pre-trial motions on a fast track to the judge.
Regardless of Trump’s defense team intent or strategy, apparently Jack Smith was caught off guard.
Jack Smith wouldn’t ask for a delay, essentially like putting egg on his own face given his prior statements, if he didn’t need the delay. Smith needs the delay.
Threw sand in their own machinery….I love it! Trump and his legal team are on top of it — as always.
Exactly. They were too blinded by their hate to stop their stupidity from creeping in again. A pattern with Jack Smith. – So now, by refusing to share with Trump what they “found” in the boxes + miscalculating the response & timing, they threw away their opportunity to cut off the Pence/Biden “I’ve no idea what’s in most of those boxes” defense! 🤣🤣🤣
Hes got terrible lawyers ,pretty embarrassing , actually .
Pull head out Trump
Yeah. What happened to getting Eric Dubelier on the defense team?
You do realize that the left has operatives that threaten good lawyers with disbarment for representing Trump. Why do you think that almost all judges claimed “lack of standing” for election tampering lawsuits?
Source: an opinionated armchair adopting a potty mouthed dominatrix persona while pretending to be talking to their fantasy submissive, President Trump.
😂😂😂
Thank you. That seems an accurate assessment.
I read elsewhere that the delay is due to defense lawyers not having their security clearance applications in proper order. Yeah. Right. Going to take at least 60 days to process. Uh huh. And oh, what a coincidence! By the time the new trial date rolls around, we’ll be closing in on the Iowa caucuses.
I think you’re correct.
Everything those devils do is designed to try and stop our President Trump’s momentum.
They hate it that his supporters do not waver — and we are LOUD. Even with the MSM dead silence — voices are bellowing nonstop on alternate media/platforms.
MAGA 🇺🇲💕
BINGO!
Which is only going to backfire on these idiots, and make him stronger!
If it takes the DoJ as long to get a security clearance as it does the IRS to process a refund, this trial should start somewhere in 2064.
Exactly. This is only making Trump stronger.
Didn’t Cannon direct DoJ to provide clearance for those needing it “promptly?”
They have to investigate these attorneys and find methods and sources to turn them. They may need to turn over every rock and granny.
Since the deepstate controls security clearances, I am just waiting for any lawyer Trump hires to be turned down.
I think they are saving their powder and getting the right team in place for the takedown.
Why show all your cards in the first bid? Let the enemy crap all over themselves a bit. The show is much more fun that way.
You, Dutch, and BK seem to be on the same page!!!
And I love it! Thank you!
I, for one, will take that as a compliment to be esteemed so highly with such fine characters as those two.
Thank you!
I think that their main goal is simply to S T R E T C H – O U T the constant drumbeats in the media that “TRUMP IS BEING PROSECUTED FOR NEAR TREASON!!!” into 2024 election.
If they end up winning and putting President Trump in jail (Communists: Be careful of what you wish for!), that would be icing on the cake for them.
For us and also for them, the results would be something quite different!
I’m afraid of Trump in jail. He’d be separated from his private security team and as we all know, bedsheets can be treacherous. They know that we know and they don’t care.
Or was Jack saying he wanted a speedy trial as a foil to the four years/six million dollar mantra the Dems wanted to use against Durham last week? See, our prosecutors get results and they get them quickly, not like those MAGA guys chasing windmills. Now that the Durham hearing is over and forgotten, Jack can do what he likes. It’s always about controlling the next news cycle.
“Durham is forgotten”.
If that’s the case perhaps explore memory enhancers?
Fortunately, in this case, anyone who seeks WILL find.
MAGA best wishes. Bon voyage.
And the media will swoop in to perpetuate the bogus construct of falseness that it is. Day in and day out with this ludicrous lawlessness. Makes my blood boil. 😤 Upside is, I really believe God has his hand on Trump. I believe Trump and all us Patriots are do for a big win up the road…..🇺🇸🇺🇸
Not just “due” for a big win but seriously overdue…..
And more and more people are waking up!
FJS
See Jack Run! 🤣🤣🤣 See Jack not understanding that the massive Constitutional issues involved will always be there, but what he’s also missing: full SCOTUS breaks until October; Thomas could punt an Emergency Request anyway (reasoning not “ripe” until after “conviction”); and some politically-explosive Opinions that will probably lean heavily against the Lunatic Left are due out any day now, in a summer with out-of-work indoctrinees ready to protest for cash during Bidenflation.
Furthermore, Judge Canon + overly broad warrant + wrong jurisdiction + unlawfully breached AC Privilege + Pence’s & Biden’s “Ive no idea what’s in most of those boxes” defense was good enough for this DOJ & DEMs = the gift Team Trump can’t ignore now!
Don’t forget that Jack is Herr Weissmann’s puppet. He dances when A$$hole Andy tells him what dance, how long and with what intensity to dance for him!
Remembering that helps me smile. Hopefully others will take this great advice, remember Jacks connection to dopey Weissmann and start smiling too.
Trumps law fare persecutors are villains straight of central casting. Thank God.
Another aspect I just posted about:
The two IRS WB wrenches….Jack Smith is going to have a hard time playing stupid games when the two he needs to provide cover and sign off on subpeanas and warrants are dealing with their own pile of crap.
I am repeating but I don’t think the two IRS WBs were expected…..I am starting to believe they are real wrenches. Time will tell because I am still skeptical.
Regardless people with cajones need to do their jobs in DC for any of the WB’s testimony to matter.
Team Trump has lots and lots of legitimate options. Each option has intriguing possibilities.
On the other hand, as Sundance points out, Team Jack has none.
Fortunately, The Great Revealing and Great Unravelling continues.
For those who have prayed for evil to be exposed perhaps view the demons now in plain sight as Gods answer to your prayers?
Perhaps give thanks and stay connected with Him rather than crowding Him out with frets and fears; emotions He warned about constantly?
Or does he want to be sure the trial is in full swing during campaign season to maximize black PR capability in a case he believes ultimately he will lose?
Any reporting on the trial should result in Trump getting an equal time of free campaign time on the same channels airing the “reports”. After all, if the Democrats are getting free negative publicity why shouldn’t election laws give President Trump equal time to tell the truth?
Ah, but he has effectively been gagged already.
“He has effectively been gagged already”.
” He” == ????
A sincere question since obviously “he” =/= President Trump.
Both, all. Any tactic to keep the trial in the news and blocking any other Biden news. Chaos or presumed chaos is their friend.
Why the delay?
In a court filing [1] Friday evening , Smith requested to delay the trial from “8/14/23 or as soon thereafter as the case may be called” [2] to 12/11/23 arguing that both the prosecution and the defense need more time to prepare. According to the filing, President’s counsels didn’t object.
IMO the schedule presented by Smith is still not manageable, I expect no trial before 11/24. We will have much better knowledge after Calendar Call on 8/8/23.
[1] File411 auf Twitter: „NEW; Special Counsel Smith request/filings Source: https://t.co/A3A8OAwjCE -requesting delay to Dec 2023 (previously Aug 2023) -CIPA pretrial conference requested -CISO use (that’s normal & largely SOP) -this footnote made me chuckle “The disclosure and use of such material… https://t.co/69iUu249aY“ / Twitter
[2] Omnibus Order filed on 6/20/23
Easy. He needs time to find something on which he can actually indict.
Now the presidential record laws have to be heard at trial in the defense, assuming one is allowed. He can’t preclude them with a prior ruling. Smith’s trial plans are weaker.
HMMMMMMMMMMMMM………..Isn’t Christmas in December?
A second possibility that occurred to me is the plan all along was to charge something related to J6 and then move to consolidate the cases in the new venue, Washington, D.C. The photo of the boxes being sorted on the Whitehouse lawn attached to some Trumped up (pun intended) overt act by our VSGPOTUS will establish venue and both cases being under special counsel jurisdiction will be used to make the case for the transfer.
I don’t know if they can get away with that obvious venue shopping. The raid happened in FL. Besides they are both flawed, weak cases and putting them together doesn’t make them stronger.
But the alleged theft occurred in D.C.
The crime they are alleging took place after NARA / DOJ requested documents to be returned, and then claimed Trump did not comply with said request.
Trump and documents were in Florida at the time of the request.
Therefore, venue is correct to be in Florida.
They probably wouldn’t be combined. Just two separate cases heard before the same Judge.
It is more likely that JS and crew are just going to shift the focus to DC and a second set of charges connected to J6, leaving the FL docs cases to simmer on the back burner for now. Getting a DC grand jury to charge DJT shouldn’t be too hard.
That said, the FL indictment has backfired. Trump is rising in the polls, and the public is more convinced than ever that the justice system is a two-tiered one.
But that warning sign will not deter the Lawfare Crew. Because all they now how to do is run the same plays over and over expecting the same outcomes as always.
But they have become manic in their schemes since DJT entered the picture in 2016, and thus predictable in a skyline dancer kind-of-way. Which means Trump will be charged in DC before too long.
That makes sense; combining all the cases into one using the January 6 events as the linchpin for the real goal – getting PDJT found guilty of insurrection and thus legally put him to death – the ultimate way to “make sure his kind never arises again”.
It will be sublimely hilarious if they try to get him for J6.
The DC Cartels J6 Fedsurrection, unlike Russiagate, started unravelling quickly and is now toast whether normies realize it or not due to the 24/7 psyop clutter.
Yes. They are going to have to release 41,000 hours of video to the defense team f they indict him on anything related to J6.
For that reason I don’t think any case actually get to indictment, let alone trial. The fedsurrection won’t withstand scrutiny.
Additionally, they have nothing tying Trump to any “storming of the Capitol” or we’d have seen it already.
Like the Mueller waste of time, they can put out all kinds of leaks and press releases but indictable material they have none.
As the Bard said, it’s all storm and fury signifying nothing.
As crazy as it sounds, I think this is their goal. To execute him.
This. Motions to transfer multiple cases against a Defendant to a single District can be brought even if the case doesn’t have direct nexus to the District where it is heard. These motions are often brought in the interest of promoting “judicial economy”.
They are going to try to have both cases heard in the DC District.
Exactly
Why would prosecution need more time to prepare? You don’t indict unless you are fully ready to prosecute the case in court.
And, BTW, that reminds me….
Flash from the past…
Mueller did the same thing with his Russian troll farm case. Asked for a trial delay and was denied:
Judge rejects Mueller’s request for delay in Russian troll farm case
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/04/mueller-russia-interference-election-case-delay-570627
This is exactly what I thought; prosecution should be ready to go from the moment they issue indictment.
They are supposed to be in Federal cases due to ‘fast and speedy’ constraints.
Most likely, Jack is finding it harder to flip Trump loyalists than he thought.
His back-pocket ace-in-the-hole is Pence. A Pence testimony against Trump means if he wants to be president, he had best run as a Democrat to have a double digit hope. He has taken himself out of the running as a viable GOP candidate more than once.
Pence? Pence was a DIM until he decided he was a Reagan conservative.
A Reagan-Faker and MAGA-Masquerader.
Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good.–Proverbs 20:23
Great wordsmithing.
Pences attorney just testified in the Eastman case (Trumps attorney that they’re trying to disbar in CA) that there WAS a valid Constitutional argument for Pence to delay certification so states with competing slates of electors had a chance to verify their election results; an option Pence CHOSE not to exercise
This testimony, given under oath, was NOT what the DC Cartel expected.
I’d like to see Pence lie about some conversation he had with Trump purportedly about an insurrection or other nonsense. It’s too little, too late. What, he’s going to claim that Trump asked one person, Pence, to have an insurrection? Laughable. All Trump needs to do is show video of all the Dems saying the same things after the 2016 election.
They’re going to try that in GA- a request to look for election fraud evidence magically becomes a demand to act illegally. Won’t work.
It’ll generate a lot of ink but not much else.
Pushing his bogus case into prime campaign season seems to be the goal.
Dirty bastards!
Yes, because President Trump must be in the courtroom.
But….it will raise up more and more hard-core support and it has done.
Wish the person who posted that TikTok of the man who explained this would post it again!
The public as a whole is on to this crap, including some D’s & I’s. I think most get it…they’re really after US but 45’s in the way.
President Trump will be posting on Trust Social throughout it all. Up front, this sh*t isn’t flying this time. The majority of the people know the drill. And so far, Tucker is drilling down on Twitter. They have lost before they have begun.
MaineCoon, per your request:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/06/tiktok-users-viral-rant-shows-trump-supporters-unwavering/
Wow! Thank you so much! I’m saving this for future need. His is the best video ranting why President Trump has a locked in supporters and why it’s warranted.
coup attempt in russia connected?
That’s a very key point of fact. Right now Prigozhin is battling Putin and his generals. What is going on at the front with the Wagner Group focused elsewhere? This should tell the Ukrainians to push the pedal to the floor if they had any brains. The problem is we don’t know what we don’t know. This trial delay request is meaningless anyway. The criminals in charge have a knock out blow planned with the Jan. 6th indictment that is coming. All the ducks are lined up then: venue in DC; jury selection in DC; numerous convictions for treasonous behavior; precedents for long prison terms. I’d waste zero time on parsing witty texts on the “documents” case.
Sorry but J6 is very weak case as well. Turley, Barr and Dershowitz concur…and remember the 2nd impeachment (J6) when Trump was “acquitted”? Well that whole bjob is soon to be expunged as is the 1st (Ukraine) impeachment. So Trump is going to be indicted for suspicion of sedition for exercising his Constitutional rights over J6. Ya know, march peacefully and Nay where are my 10K national guardsmen to keep the peace. IDTS.
BTW Putin addressed his countrymen last night about what was going on with the Wagner group and their band of merry ex-cons. Their mutinous general is soon to be dispatched and the prisoners returned to their cells.
I hear you but this Justice system is corrupted, so weak case or not, it’s the knock out blow, in my view. Keep in mind, the entire cases that have been adjudicated so far are built on lies but have resulted in decades of incarceration. And as far as the coup goes, Prigozhin and his mercenaries are not to be taken lightly. This is a rift of significant consequences. How it falls out geopolitically is anyone’s guess. And who will be left to defend the Donbas?
You can buy a politican for $10K, so says a blackrock shill!
So how much would a jury cost?
DC isn’t the final court. DC is the first court and now only NPCs believe DC courts and juries are even remotely honest.
Being convicted in DC is now a major seal of approval that proves that the convicted person is legit.
Turn back to God, pray, and fast.
It’s not a knock out blow. There are so many Constitutional issues to be litigated there that no way there would be any decision before the ‘24 election.
Additionally, the Capitol Hill Police will need to release all 41,000 hours of video tapes to Trump and his lawyers. Do you think that’s what they want, for Trump’s team to identify all the glowies and fibbies and antifa? To ask questions or compel testimony from Ray Epps? Also the security that was offered by the one who supposedly wanted an insurrection and was declined? I don’t even see how any J6 indictment passes the laugh test.
Seems like the Global Parasites are trying to take down both the US and Russia at the same time. Evil parasites!!!
Was V Nuland in Russia?????
Would be SWEET if Putin picked her up!!!! YES!!!
Bannon is covering this issue this morning – now.
be VERY skeptical about western press reporting inside fighting wrt russian leadership and military.
fact is this: ukraine is losing big and is unlikely to make any success with the so called “counter offensive”.
also noting: ukraine has lots about 100 pieces of sophisticated west supplied top tier weapons…none trivial..with these loses are the personnel who were “trained” to operate them.
the best way to evaluate this war is to read boots on the ground and from different sources outside of the western controlled propaganda…this also exists in russia, but its still the best way to evaluate the lies.
there are some free open source satellite imagery that also show battle results that show there has not been much success at all by the ukraine c/offensive.
Russia has also stated and there is evidence it is being fulfilled: it is targeting rear area supply chains and new weapons delivery and training centers. quite effectively
reality check: this war is not shaping up the way nato, eu and the US has narrated and financed.
Russia is taking its time…committing military engagements fully on its own terms.
putin isn’t in any trouble. His military leadership might be having some morale issues with respect to wagner, but that can be solved pretty easily. any infighting about how is calling the shots and whether there is support can be evaluated by the effectiveness of the russian score card on the ground…and it’s decidedly positive for russia.
just my opinion.
what would be best, and long overdue:
that the US stop this nonsense and get out of the way and have russia and ukraine meet and hammer out a cease fire and followed by a negotiated settlement. In the end, ukraine will not survive this, the money will dry up from the west…and ukraine stands to be a much better position with a more civil economic settlement involving energy infrastructure with russia.
prediction: ukraine military leaders will likely push zelensky out and/or “urge” him to start talking with putin and working out how this war ends on terms that everyone can be satisfied with.
ukraine is running out of troops…
blinken just announced no US military involvement in china-taiwan dispute.
things are changing.
God Bless America
R
Nice update. What you described in the first part of this comment is almost identical to the info and analysis that Larry Johnson (amongst others) has been describing on his blog daily.
And he occasionally brings news from those on the front. It is not pretty!
I’m a little bit skeptical to go all in with Johnson due to his past CIA affiliation. However, he seems to keep nailing it right on the head.
The Wagner thing – be very skeptical of the so-called bickering. That could very well be a well designed psyop operation to fool the West into thinking there’s internal trouble, raising false hopes. Maybe not, but it is worth considering.
The puppeteers in the West advancing the continuation of this proxy war are never going to give up pushing this war without a fight.
There are way more reasons for this war than what is even commonly discussed, some reasons never discussed and will remain that way.
I think the public is beginning to wake up to some of those reasons. Movie, “Sound of Freedom” out in theaters across the U.S. on July 4.
the rebellious russian “chef” wagner has all the classic markings of a sophomore hour propaganda piece developed by the british intelligence screed.
one tank near the kremlin.
shit, if you look at the last 3 months, there are over 20 tanks near the kremlin…and the security, force protection security has been in place for well over a year, since the day this conflict began.
this british propaganda piece is bollocks
(which is why they withdrew the “story” quickly).
God Bless America
More news out. Being reported now that ‘intelligence’ figures briefed government officials about this happening earlier in the week.
Reconcile to missing money announced this week related to Ukraine.
Hypothesis: CIA bribed Wagner; Wagner informed Kremlin; Russia carries out joint psyop/takedown/extortion scheme.
To wit: Wagner “agrees” to bribe, insists deposits upon execution of opening moves; Wagner moves, CIA deposits, Wagner transfers funds to unretrievable account. Wagner stops operation, collects money, gives Putin records to expose/extort Biden/CIA, depending on future circumstances.
F%#*ing brilliant.
Let’s see how close my hypothesis works out.
As to your other observations- Putin could have annihilated that force with air strikes with no problem. Wagner had no air support and not even close enough anti-air defense to prevent.
All smoke and mirrors and the neocons got egg on their faces.
Or just have PDJT broker the peace!
President Trump definitely has a role and the personal power to at least give it a shot. I think he realizes that this is going to be a big part of the election debate…How to settle and end this war.
For the record, out of all the candidates thus far, it is ONLY PRESIDENT TRUMP who has stated in clear, simple terms: END THIS WAR AND THIS POINTLESS LOSS OF LIFE!
I will always get behind that position.
Always
God Bless America
Jack Smith sucks.
Lawfare. Clownshow more like.
Why aren’t Trump’s lawyers contesting the gag order? The public needs to know that Trump is being prosecuted for holding onto a letter from Obama stating how dangerous North Korea is, and little rocket man’s letters to Trump, showing how Trump was brilliantly able to neutralize the North Korea problem. It’s these harmless letters that the media and the Biden ministration are playing up as “nuclear secrets”.
Historically, President Trump receives 95% negative coverage… MSM doesn’t report what he says, not really, or they take it out of context, or edit it..You get the picture. Maybe his lawyers don’t want to provide more ammo? Just spitballing.
Would take too long in the system.
Give them time.
Patience. Maybe those letters will come out at trial for the whole world to see.
And the sham prosecution concerning the issue.
If Smith tells the court that obama’s letter to Trump is a nuclear secret, the judge should order a mental illness checkup on Smith.
those ARE NOT the documents that the DOJ is wanted to weld behind solid titanium vaults…it’s an excuse for public consumption
this case is about stealing documents away from president Trump…documents and notes in his possession that have the power to incriminate DOJ and FBI officials. The raid was about confiscating those damning materials.
the trial is to put a legal case making that a crime to divulge those materials…the result the DOJ seeks is that President Trump may not possess these documents and thus may never use them for any source of evidence at any future time
THEY KNOW PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GOING TO GET REELECTED….This case is about shutting him down and making that possibility he can use that material to order criminal investigations and go after these thugs.
they will do everything in their power to protect themselves….as the raid on MAL was clearly a op to take away his records…and this case to mark a legal line that would make him a criminal for discussing and using that material.
challenge accepted.
these are only my own opinion
God Bless America
SPOT ON!
I agree. First wrench- IRS WBs. Their disclosures will impact the records case…on both the prosecution and defense sides of the case: negative for DOJ and positive for Trump.
Exactly!!!
And PDJT is letting the Jackasses (pun intended) build their own gallows by their making such a big deal of “the documents” and getting the entire world eager and salivating to see what’s in them!
Maddcow is no doubt in a tizzy, fantasizing about how “we got him THIS time!”
No doubt about her.
Desperate, stupid idiots! He already declassified ALL of it!
And that just might be one of the motions to dismiss.
Hmmm 🤔
I think the strategy is brilliant.
When this issue was first addressed on this site, I commented my thoughts on this.
They were (paraphrasing) a move to a fast and speedy trial. (The unchallenged motion by Smith et al LAWFARE crew was intended to buy time.)
My snarky follow up was: “If you got it, bring it. Let’s get it on!”
When the trial starts, defense motions to reveal the witnesses and evidence. If none or prosecution unwilling to produce due to ‘national security concerns,’ motion to dismiss via Weather Underground case.
Use their own tactics and precedents against them.
I stand by it!
If they go to trial, embarrass and humiliate the LAWFARE group in front of the whole world!
That has already materialized with a yuge
% of those that are literate.
Are they even ABLE to be embarrassed and or humiliated?
Either that or fear to face the consequences of their paymasters for not trying, who just may be located over in Langley.
read up on the Jencks act…the prosecutor can (and probably will) not share any information about witnesses until AFTER they testify in court. Jencks act explains this inexplicable rule that courts follow. The process the defense will seek is to then motion for an immediate pause of the trial at that point (and for every witness the prosecutors put in the stand) while they can receive all brady material from prosecutors…then develop a plan for cross examination.
in short…this trial will move well past the 2024 election cycle. after which point, President Trump will become 47, and these charges becomes ????
also noting: there is a non zero possibility that prosecutors motion that additional charges will be separately filed in NJ and also in DC. Between now and 2024, the DOJ has a few options (I am not suggesting any of them are authentic, but just to acknowledge there is no lack of corruption in the tank for DOK)…and these options will most likely at least be attempted. And there isn’t anything Cannon in florida can do about that. these will be separate court filing with unique charges in different venues…remember..they took thousands upon thousands of documents. I am sure they will invent a few more crimes.
stage 4 – transfer of power…skirmished, but not all out war…court battles..fierce political battles…corruption and conspiracies…all common in this stage where disarray is the main theme.
we got this. WE DO NOT FLINCH
God Bless America
I’m thinking before it gets to trial, motion to dismiss per Records Act or Socks case.
Like Shakespeare’s Cassius, Jack Smith has that lean and hungry look.
Is President Trump loaded for bear? Defenses in place to force an early trial and kerfuffle the prosecution?
Let’s see…how many times has Mr. Trump been in court defending himself? What strategies has he learned over the years that work for a positive outcome.
Hope springs eternal.
Because the evidence being withheld by the prosecution is potentially (and likely) exculpatory, the Trump team may have boxed in Smith with a version of Brady violation. If the documents Smith refuses to turn over are related to the Deep State attempting to set Trump up with RussiaGate (as we all believe, and the defense would KNOW if they were), then those documents would expose a pattern of corruption to remove him from the candidacy, and later, the Presidency (as well as a pattern of legal harassment culminating in this very trial). This could be a brilliant ploy to utilize Brady as a method of overturning any conviction (if the primary Records Act defense should fail for some reason). If that Brady defense is actually solid, and they know they could win it, starting the trial this Monday would be desired, and you’d object to nothing to slow things down. Of course, Smith is relying on the National Defense nature of certain documents to prove the espionage counts, but that prosecution is flawed due to the President not falling under the espionage Act. I see this as a weak case to start (as Barnes has spelled out in detail), and with the potential of Brady now hanging over Smith, they probably are regrouping to find out how they are going to be able to delay this thing to maximize the lawfare (news cycle) value. Trump’s team is right to keep it on the “speedy trial” path… they are going to win on the legal merits, and they may end up being able to argue sanctions on Smith for Brady violations. I see this move as a brilliant strategy. Any lawyers want to comment on this?
I am not a lawyer, nor have I played one on TV. That said…seeing is believing. Show the documents to the jury or go home. “Trust us” is an entirely insufficient argument to erase reasonable doubt.
In this case, doing “nothing” is the best “something” to do.
The DOJ saying just ‘Trust us’ is now an entirely insufficient argument” thanks to the just released public portions of Durhams
Report and his public testimony before Congress on Thursday.
Key words from the Durham Report “as the record now shows”.
I’m not a lawyer either, but how about “Navy v. Eagan” or several other settled SCOTUS decisions? The President isn’t just a man: he is(!) a Branch of Government, empowered by Article 2. Neither Congress nor the Judiciary nor any of his employees(!) can interfere. You cannot by law “sue the President!”
Well, you can, after he is out of office. Whether impeached and convicted in the Senate, or not. But, there is a huge political price that will/should be paid if you bring such a case maliciously, as in all the current Trump cases in process. By the same standard, nearly every President could have been charged for one thing or another from their time in office, but nearly none of them would stick since the first defense will always be that they were acting in “good faith” to carry out their duties. Having said this, I do believe there is a strong case to be made in criminal court for bribery related to Joe Biden. Provided the statute of limitations hasn’t expired by the time he leaves office, and other confounding factors. He will, however, likely be pardoned by the next Democrat President… likely Kamala, and that is that.
Bribery? How about Treason? And wouldn’t that automatically go before a military tribunal?
I don’t dispute the notion of treason… but we need to focus, laser-like, on what can be proven most easily to justify a slam-dunk impeachment. In this case, the bribery is right there on the table – and where treason might be something that the Senate would not want to wrap its arms around fully (in the numbers needed to convict), the evidence of bribery and coercion abounds and should be used first. That is much easier for the politics of impeachment. And we need a win, one that can be shown beyond a shadow of doubt, to the American people. This communist movement must be blunted, and the impeachment of Joe Biden is the first obvious step.
It’s the only branch mentioned in Art. 2- The President. All other departments are derived from his office and powers. Bottom line.
Maybe Jack Smith will have a fall, requiring rehab, a vacation, and other faux lawsuits scheduled months ago to delay Trump’s trial. I understand Hillary has a pair of really special eyeglasses he could borrow.
If the NWO plan is chaos for America — they got it in spades.
I think they (whether
inadvertently or intentionally) are looking increasingly like “The Three Stooges Go to Washington.” 🤪🤓🥴
They who?
Synopsis:
Jack Smith: “Your honor, I want a speedy trial.”
Judge: “Does the defense council agree?”
Defense: “We agree your honor.”
Judge: “Okay. I want all pretrial motions submitted by July, and we’ll start the trial in August.”
Jack Smith: “Wait, what?!? … Your honor, I need a 4 month delay to prepare my case for trial!”
Judge: “???”
Exactly. Nice summation.
The purpose is not necessarily to find Trump guilty of crimes charged (although that would be a win-win for Dems). The purpose is to drag Trump through the mud for as long as possible during this election cycle in the hopes the negative coverage gains traction.
This!!!
Yes sir. Fast and speedy defeats that strategy.
And cause PDJT to waste $millions more of his personal money, while Jackass Smith & Lawfare Inc. spends taxpayer money like drunken sailors in a whorehouse.
The hopes of demented DC Wile E’s springs eternal. Yet each and every time Road Runner Trump and normies watch as each Wile E scene backfires.
Fortunately, unlike the cartoon Wile E, the DC Wiles are NOT endearing; especially since they’re now hunting normies too.
HA!!! Negative coverage would help DJT win. Even Dems are seeing the blatant two-tiered system of, “justice” and remember how good things were under Trump.
Smith expected pre-trial legal battles to drag on for months, allowing his office to leak dribs and drabs to the media while the trial pushed into the election cycle. By the time his case fell apart there would be a couple more pile on indictments against Trump, something related to J6 and another on whatever in Georgia, to keep the Orange Man Bad narrative alive.
When Trump’s lawyers didn’t play along, it goofed up the timeline and risked the case falling apart well before the election cycle and before new indictments were readied for maximum media effect. I still expect at some point to see Lawfare’s ‘novel legal theory’ claiming that Trump is ineligible to be president under the 14th amendment because he is an ‘insurrectionist’. Perhaps Weissmann and Eisen are busy now working on their rough draft.
The judge should put a gag order on all involved. If there are any leaks the trial will be dismissed.
We can hope
The ‘trial’ is not in D.C. – therein is the main problem for the DOJ liars on this hoax against PDJT.
This too!
But not before a Dirty D.C. Swamp Judge let the Gestapo seize Real President’s Attorney/Client notes to repeal his Right to Counsel.
BTW, that’s exactly why Hitlerly Clinton was fired from the Watergate Committee by the Hon. Jerry Zeifman.
Rest in the Vine: Let The Watergate Prosecutor Speak: Obama’s Enemies List
and The Final Days of Hillary Milhous Clinton
What about:
They view their upcoming J6 case as being better (as in corrupt DC judge and hopelessly biased jury) and would like that to go first along with a side helping of that Georgia case.
They’ve gotten a couple weeks of Barr and his ilk poisoning the minds of low info voters out of the documents case.
Ah, but now that we all know Barr has a major role in the Hunter Biden/Joe Biden whistleblower cases hiding evidence/obstructing justice/slow walking everything, people should start to see him as exactly what he is. A criminal.
His screaming at the top of his lungs ORANGE MAN BAD is simply covering up his own crimes by yelling too loud.
PLUS, word is out that the missing tractor trailer was fact, not fiction. Another coverup of crimes.
He’s toast, and if I were his attorney I tell him to sit down and shut up. He’s already said too much. And, find somewhere where extradition to the U.S. is not allowed or you may be found hanging like Epstein in an orange jump suit.
^^^^^^^^^^
Barr is whining like the bitch he is, loud and often.
The hen that cackles the most is the one who laid the egg!
Oh, THAT would make my day! Probably not his though.
If a dictator/totalitarian has a look, Smith has it. Superficial compared to his actions but that look jumps out at me.
He looks soulless.
As President Trump often says “he’s straight out of central casting”. Jack looks like a perfect movie villain.
Psycho killer, qu’est-ce que c’est!
Fa fa fa fafa, fafa fa fa…
there could be other reasons.
Their polls show that this trial isn’t hurting Trump the way they want, so they want the trial moved to the heart of the campaign to do even more damage.
Or this is a change that accompanies the new plans to oust PedoJoe. That will overshadow this petty trial, making the trial less harmful to Trump. Or they want to wait to use the trial to help whoever will be the new frontrunner.
Not that I know. Could be that they had timed the trial to drag out and take place at the later times and that wasn’t happening so they filed for a delay.
Who knows?
I believe the plan is to stack the indictments so that all 3 are active during the meat of the primary season… this serves the lawfare/narrative purpose, as well as keeps PDJT running in and out of court as a logistical distraction. This move by the defense puts a huge crimp in that plan. Plus, as outlined above, if this case is dismissed or lost by Smith… and if sanctions are put on him for withholding evidence… this would be a huge black eye on the anti-Trump narrative and further bolster his support in the polls. Smith has to be sweating bullets right now.
Ooo, you brought up something that I’ve been thinking but have not commented on yet:
Jack Smith is being used for plausible deniability by the main perpetrators of this miscarriage of Justice.
The main players in this are (imo): Garland, Monaco in command but most importantly at the operational level are – Eisen, Weissmann & McCord.
Why wasn’t one of those three ‘appointed’ as Special Counsel if they are the ones most qualified & most ideological, instead of being in the background strategizing and preparing all of the legal maneuvers for Smith? And if Smith is so good, why does he need their assistance?
Answer: if this effort to convict Trump fails and sanctions or admonishments come down on the prosecution, then Jack becomes the fall guy for those others to keep on doing their dirty machinations.
They are simply CYAing by using Smith for their dirty work. And he is so brazenly hateful and anti-Trump that he thinks he is the man by being ‘chosen’ to save their day and can’t even see that he is being used.
What an idiot!
You always have to watch those “in the background”. Totally agree. Monaco is finally getting a bright beam of sunlight by many, including here, Bongino, War Room, etc. Of course, Weissman is the perpetual snake who just rears his ugly head from time to time to poison the justice system. Sidney Powell has fully exposed him, but he still retains influence in the demonic pit of the DOJ. Folks are waking up, universally, to these mechanizations, but will it be in time?
You make an excellent point here. Media personalities and ‘folks’ are waking up, finally.
The Great Awakening!
I think folks are. Media, I’m not so sure of.
President Trump started the
recent media chatter about Monaco by posting a photo of her sitting on the WH steps chatting with Biden on hid Truth Social account.
Of course he added an evocative heading that wondered what harmful hoax she was plotting.
Maintaining a Fall guy is their method of op, but I also wonder what all of the other political turmoil – Big Guy – Hunter bribery collusion, DOJ/ FBI coverup – is doing to their ability to coordinate action planning – to many clowns swimming in the kiddie pool hasta be affecting their maneuvering abilities?
Good observation.
I hopefully think they are imploding on themselves.
Kinda hilarious, isn’t it?
Which leads to a point I keep making on this site (along with others) – “Never interfere with an enemy when they are destroying themselves!”
“I’m sorry, the person you are trying to reach is unavailable. Please leave a message at the tone. Beep.”
Smith hangs up and tries another, only to get the same result. He’s the sole blackberry left on the Bush that hasn’t been eaten by the birds.
And now so many Whistle Blowers.
to many
clownsalligators swimming in the kiddie pool hasta be affecting their maneuvering abilities?FIFY
ROFLOL!!!! Too many clowns in the kiddie pool!!! EXACTLY!!!
In the abstract it makes no sense to me that prosecutor requested delay would ever even be considered or granted. If the prosecutor does not have a case the charges should not have been brought. To me this is essentially admitting they are on a fishing expedition
I pray Judge Cannon denies the request.
IMO the so called classified documents are a red herring. There is no needd for the lawers to even see the documents. That isnt the heart of the matter. The argument is Can a president declassify documents outside of the deep state process (of course he can) . Ignore the documents..and focus on the real issue.
Smith = puppet!
I predicted a delay the minute I heard and shared a Commie-Span video the day after the “arrest” because I knew they had to get lawyers who were authorized for this. I posted it at CTH.
This guy explains how the system works and all the steps that need to be taken pretrial. One thing is very clear, President Trump can’t sit this one out. He has to be in the courtroom. If I were him I would negotiate that he be there via web interface instead. It will save a sh1tton of money and MAKOR hassle. It is yet to be determined, obviously, if they will allow that to happen.
Frankly, if it was good enough for COVID, it should be good enough for President Trump.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?528603-3/david-weinstein-president-trumps-arraignment-classified-documents-case
There will be no speedy trial.
If the process is the punishment – you should drag out the process for as long as possible. The judge has been flipping once on a partial record. The smart move is to have the trial and create a full record – and THEN make motions/rulings.
SCOTUS has already established … at least three times … that the “separated” powers of the President – the(!) Executive Branch – derive from Article 2 itself and are “plenary.” Neither Congress nor the Judiciary nor any Executive Branch employee(!!) can judge nor alter that. Therefore, both Bragg and Smith have picked on the one man on this planet(!!!) who cannot by law be picked on.
Trump’s lawyers can play that trump (no pun …) card at the time of THEIR choosing.
“The process is the punishment”.
In this case, who is really being punished, whether they’re fully aware of it yet or not, and who is The Punisher?
As President Trump posted on his Truth Social account earlier this year, ” Who will step into the Trump Quicksand Trap?”.
Preserving the status quo
pictures of Jack Smith’s Grin
https://thepeoplescube.com/red/viewtopic.php/post248098.html?p=248098
Nothing but corrupt joe Bidens scam against president Trump,
link didn’t post correctly first time
Preserving the status quo of corruption
Pictures of Jack Smith’s Grin
https://thepeoplescube.com/red/viewtopic.php/post248098.html?p=248098#p248098
I wonder why Lawfare did not go for a speedy war crimes trial by a military commission. Only 2/3 vote is required for conviction. Seems like a cinch if they picked the right group of Pentagon woksters.
I’m sure they’re too afraid it will backfire all over them, as it should!
Preserving the status quo of corruption
Pictures of Jack Smith’s Grin
https://thepeoplescube.com/topic23634.html
As has been stated before, the truth has no agenda. Lawfare is made up of corrupt attorneys who are never truthful. They were caught off guard, because all their strategies are based on how criminals think.
The entire case will eventually be de-railed and dismissed by several settled SCOTUS decisions which establish that, particularly and expressly in these matters, “the Executive Branch(!) answers to no one.” But, why play that card in the first pre-trial provocations? 🤷♂️ Keep your powder dry.
A delay means more money for the team.
You must have been around Georgia. In my county they delay important zoning
decisions numerous times. The law firm that handles almost all of these zoning proposals
charges by the billable hour. Same firm even furnished office space for comissioner’s
election runs a few decades back. The meter is running: ka ching!
SUNDANCE “While I don’t personally agree with that Trump defense team approach (if intended), the outcome of their agreement puts the more substantive pre-trial motions on a fast track to the judge”
I believe the way you defeat Lawfare tactics is to remove their ability to delay with drawn out skirmish that are not relevant to the introduction of evidence to the jury, court, and public.
But, but we need the trial to exactly coincide with the start of the GOP primary…
Jack Smith
To me, I may be missing something, the protective order was meh. Yes, he can’t speak about discovery info the US government provides, but doesn’t say anything about if he provides it.
The motion to dismiss (due before the answer which is due in 21 days for Federal cases – after being served in Civil, I assume after arraignment in “criminal”) can throw some punches and catch team Jack off-guard. PDJT and his attorneys must know what discovery material the gov’t has and should make public the lesser sensitive stuff in the motion to dismiss. The only thing Jack can do is flood them
with pre-emotive discovery items the defense hasn’t asked for in order to keep them out of the public domain.
That’s my non-lawyer opinion, only time will tell if I’m an idiot or not, lol.
Even if you’re wrong, you’re not an idiot.
I found your analysis plausible and worthy of consideration.
You know BK, lawyers can be pretty cool.
Sometimes!
Even ‘jailhouse’ lawyers get it right every now and then also.
LOL 😂
Now that we the people know who ALL the stinking rats are, he has no case! They exposed theirselves, a bunch of evil IDIOTS!!! PRESIDENT TRUMP 2024🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
It was timed to create a trial during the primaries. An Aug 14 trial date means this is over before Halloween and Trump can press on with the campaign.
This case is like the Russian “bot farms”. It’s all fake. When the Russians showed up in court and said “show me your evidence”, the case was quietly dropped.
Remember, this case is FAKE. The sooner the trial starts, the sooner the fakery is revealed.
Trumps legal approach is that it literally does not matter whether those documents are made available or not. They’re HIS DOCUMENTS. It doesn’t matter what’s in them. The boogeyman proclamations of the prosecution don’t matter.
What does matter? A jury will get to see those documents. And they will see what a tragic joke this all is.
Also in Trump’s favor? The hounds have been released on Biden. The DOJ has been caught red handed operating as a weapon of the regime. They know that this is GOING to come up at trial.
If Merrick Garland and others are forced out this summer, there’s no time to memory hole the fact that the Dept of Justice has been acting as the Stasi on behalf of Biden/Obama.
And ,IMO, not being a lawyer, but work along side too many, Trump’s team can simply refuse the extension and use Jack’s own words against him “Trump is entitled to a speedy trial.”
There could be another angle:
The IRS WB’s have mucked things up. I do believe the word was given to take Biden out of the running. That is evident by the MSM attack on KJP and Blinken yesterday as well as Gavin Newsome magically changing course to now indicate he will enter the race. I don’t want to detract from that aspect….
But I am starting to think that these IRS WBs are real actual wrenches in the gears. I don’t think they were anticipating these two gentlemen disclosing what they disclosed. Garland and Monaco seem caught off guard. And because they are real WBs coupled with Trump’s team not pushing back (I agree with SD, who knows if this was planned…Trump seems, even with all his money, to find the crappiest of lawyers) the Lawfare operation against Trump has hit a major roadblock.
The lawfare operation only works if they can keep the “evidence” hidden from everyone. If Garland and Monaco start to come under attack (I think it is coming) how will they be able to provide cover for Jack’s operations while at the same time defend themselves from the train I think is coming down the track they are standing in the middle of, with rails, preventing them from getting off.
As we all know the word was given to take Biden out….this can’t be done without taking out Monaco and Garland. Well Garland for sure….but I don’t see any of these rats taking the fall for other rats.
But what do I know…I’m just a MAGA rube who needs my fingers and toes to count to 25.
Damn fine observation.
Wished I’d thought of that myself.
I appreciate I can add to the discussion. Seeing the strings….allows you to see the play for what it is…
Sir, didn’t I just see in the other thread that Damien Von Hairgel said “there is no way in G-ds green earth” he would run against joketato? He has reversed himself already??
😂😂😂😂😂
Von Hairgel vs Potato Head – Clash of the Titans of Slime!
A match made in Hell.
You’re killing me!
Damien Von Hairgel? ROFLOL!!!
Only paid from the neck down and the deck up like me?
Previous life yes…now I can use my brain more in my post military life but appearances…stereotypes and all, stocky, muscular and tattooed…
And let’s talk the elephant in the room. If Biden’s removal has been green lighted for this summer, lawfare needs the trial delayed, otherwise it is completely overshadowed and ignored in favor of the jockeying around a new President/vp.
The request for delay gives away the game on the Biden removal timeline.
But I’m right there with you all. This is speculation…
Trump seems to be a very imperfect man being used by our God for His perfect will. I am beginning to regain hope in that our country can be saved, and that these traitors and the coup cabal will end up where they deserve. God bless America and may His Holy Spirit of vengeance be upon the these elitists.
I wish she would grant Smith a delay until December 2024!!!! That would take the case out of the intended election interference time period! It would also probably trigger the J6″insurrection” indictment!!! Just a thought?
I think the opposite. I think the longer the case is put off, the more of a distraction it is and by default, election interference.
I think proceeding fast is best. If Trump wins, DS, Dems & media have egg on their faces. If Trump loses, he becomes a martyr to the public and the DS is fully exposed.
Either way, We the People win!