In the ridiculous federal election interference case in D.C., President Trump’s attorneys argued to the DC Circuit appellate court that President Trump holds inherent constitutional immunity. In essence, because President Trump was acquitted by the Senate of claims he incited or instigated the January 6, 2021, events, lawyers arguing under the constitution that only impeached and removed presidents can be criminally prosecuted.
The initial 3-judge panel of the court has taken up the appeal, and all subsequent lower court activity was suspended until the constitutional issue is resolved. Again, if President Trump does not have immunity, then all preceding and future presidents can be criminally prosecuted for any/all events and decisions while holding office. This is a core issue, and the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has to tread very carefully with these ramifications at the forefront.
The decision of the 3-judge panel could also be followed by a full en-banc review by all judges in the circuit. Then, depending on their decision, it could -likely will- go even higher to the U.S. Supreme Court. All of this takes time, and the initial 3-judge appeals court have not provided any hints on their timeline.
Apparently, as a consequence, the entire trial of the case has been removed from the lower DC court docket. The removal took place within the last few days, and the Washington Post noticed the removal. This removal means the timing of the case, if at all, is completely unknown now.
WASHINGTON – Former president Donald Trump’s March 4 trial date on charges of plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election has been dropped from the public calendar of the federal court in Washington, a sign of what has long been anticipated — that his claim of presidential immunity from criminal prosecution would delay his trial while it remains on appeal.
The change did not appear on the official criminal case docket before U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, who has made clear since Trump filed his appeal on Dec. 7 that all trial deadlines would be suspended while he challenges the case. On appeal, Trump is arguing that the government does not have authority under the Constitution to bring charges against him for actions he took while president after the 2020 election through the Jan. 6, 2021. (read more)
In addition to the challenges within these core issues, the Lawfare approach by Jack Smith, Mary McCord and Andrew Weissmann, faces multiple additional hurdles. These are all issues that surface when Lawfare, the application of twisted legal theory intended to manipulate public opinion, runs into the reality of ever-increasing scrutiny from courts.
Combine these fraudulent legal theories with the reality that President Trump’s status is almost certainly “presumptive presidential nominee” in the eyes of the entire judicial branch, and things change. The pretending justification for the Lawfare claims now hit the non-pretending and visible reality of political intent.
The judicial scrutiny gets even more focused, and the explanations demanded as justifications to target President Trump increase. As the calendar of the November election gets closer Jack, Mary and Andrew will have to rely on ideologically aligned black robes to maintain their Lawfare pretense. Some of the robes will not be comfortable with the demands of Jack, Mary and Andrew.
Some of the robes may not pretend, and that poses a problem for Jack, Mary and Andrew.
Remember a long time ago what Trump said? “We caught them, we caught them all.”
I think he’s laying a massive trap. One that will waken those who will be awakened, and crush those who refuse to believe. This year is going to be amazing.
I agree.
He’s a consummate salesman, loves hyperbole, but it always has a purpose.
Our President Trump knows exactly what he is doing. I have every faith in him that he – and we – will prevail in all of this BS.
Please, no more “4-D chess” intimations.
I agree. There are enough real world truths happening that the q anon 4 d chess shiite is not only a mere distraction, but actually diminishes the true path forward. I am not for a minute criticizing the poster of the material. I have to admit to falling for the hopium scam, especially when it seemed grim. Mads, this year will be a year that will be remembered for many many years. The very fate of our failing Nation depends on it. President Trump has a way of exposing the sunlight which takes takes of all the DC rot.
Please pray for his safety, since there are trillions at stake.
Forget the trillions…the nation itself is at stake.
“Millions”. Of lives, all over the world.
How about intimidations?
The original comment hints at Q anon, so ‘intimations’ is correct.
Just two more weeks guyz, lol.
Tick tock tick tock….
How about Machiavelli, or Sun Tzu?
The maxims of Sun Tzu are time proven and Trump uses them.
Yes, but what came of it? Nothing! Everything went back to Obama and that was the get out of jail free card for the DOJ and the FBI.
It ain’t over yet. And good always triumphs over evil in the end. We may lose a few battles, but WE The People will win the war.
I hope so, Rita. What they tried to do to President Trump was the darkest day in American history!
Tried being the operative word in that sentence.
“good always triumphs over evil in the end”. says who? the end for who? 60,000,000 died in ww2. their ends counted too.
The Bible, that’s “who”.
Yes, IC caught the crimes. I think there were more than 20k sealed indictments but not all were gov’t. Because the crimes were caught from the inside Q posed the ? About how to submit into evidence and sounds like solutions were tried and tested via a few court cases very familiar to us… Avenati and Cohen (white hats?). Gitmo was not closed as Biden claimed he would do… Mil tribunals. Trump never conceded… CIC, 11 emergency orders, continuity of gov’t. Listen to Derek Johnson on rumble and he has all, except top secret, the applicable docs online. Looks like we have 2 presidents. Space Force!
What a crock, far too complicated.
Dutch,
Have you ever listened to Dereck Johnson?
We are better here than just dismissing things with the wave of a hand.
If you have a rebuttal on his assertion that the military actions on J20 were the honors for a military funeral, not an Inauguration, let’s hear it.
Also, I noticed the moves on COG without needing anyone to point them out to me, in October through January of 2020 to 2021.
I also happen to know how much work went into COG preparations for federal agencies between 2018 and 2020. It was a lot.
People weren’t read into why, they were just told to do it.
When President Trump switched up the evacuation plans – no evac from DC – that’s not by accident.
I think that part will still play out this year.
No evacs from DC to Site R or Mt. Weather.
And who has been brought, by hook or by crook, into DC?
Think about it.
As for being too complex – what was that thing Chris Miller said? Something about the most complex military operation ever?
So you actually think that President Trump is the current President? That the last 3 yrs have been some kind of “show”?
The Border is wide open and we are trillions in debt.
I’ve watched all you speak of (this & more) in real time… and nobody I talk to believes me; not many here even believe it. Still, nothing has ever been more True.
President Trump speaking of the Calm Before the Storm.
You are lucky if you know 5% of what’s really going on, Dutch. None of us know more than that.
Don’t discount it completely. A lot of good can from it.
Nothings perfect.
It woke up a lot of people if nothing else.
You know how I know the Q operation worked exactly as intended?
Just go take a look at the comments and the knowledge displayed in the comments under Sundance’s Skippy post.
100 percent Q origin.
The 5th generation warfare op was a tremendous success, on that one measure alone.
What was once unthinkable, and certainly unspeakable, is now common knowledge.
You do realize that “Q” is not real? That it is an intricate psyop to capture vulnerable persons into believing something that might lead you down the wrong path? That certain entities used it as a grift to make themselves money?
I cannot believe that people are still falling for this, tbqh.
I agree, Observer SC. The Q Anon BS was exactly that – BS. It was a psy-op created once PDJT was the POTUS nominee in 2016. Who created it? I don’t know, but I wouldn’t put it past the CIA and especially the FBI. I also could believe that Obama had some say in it, if not helped to perpetuate the BS.
Correct, but in reality there was Q (real or not) and QANON which was BS.
That it is an intricate psyop to capture vulnerable persons into believing something that might lead you down the wrong path
…. You talking about mainstream media fake news?!
You are on the wrong site.
Depends on the pay.
I reckon.
With all due respect, there are lots of points of view here, that’s why it’s such a popular site. A little respect for those varying opinions goes a long way.
oh, i did read along. i did so because i like to do my research. like you i also thought it was not harmful because it caused people to do research…. but it turned dark.. and people started doing crazy stuff…
my conclusion is that whomever was behind this had nefarious intentions. why do you think maga is being labeled extremists? you play into their hands by believing that crap was real. it was nothing more than a pied piper operation.
frankly. sundance should ban the subject again.
Huh,
What’s that there at the bottom that President Trump re-Truthed?
And where did that phrase originate?
https://truthsocial.com/@01010001/posts/111825157029490574
Grins.
Some will fall for anything. Does it keep them from using their own ability to to read and analyze.?? Some days I feel Rush is up there, shaking his head at the drivebys.
Not saying one way or the other, but how do you know it’s not real?
That’s certainly what the MSM wants people to believe.
Devolution? I’ve seen nothing to date that warrants slamming the door on the theory. I am, however, convinced we are headed for a reckoning, and I can hardly wait . . . snicker!
Yes, the reckoning should be a blast…like going to a Grateful Dead concert at Shoreline, scuba diving the wall off-shore of Lanai with the octopi, helicoptering over Haleakala, or deep-sea fishing off the Golden Gate!
IIRC, Mike Pence was at a Space Force ceremony and received very flattering words from Chris Miller near the end of 2020. Any hope I had in Space Force died then.
Or check out Badlandsmedia
I’m voting for massive lawsuits for malicious prosecution followed by criminal RICO charges.
Then new Public Gallows built on the National Mall for those Convicted of Treason???
I have a dream, in my dream the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is drained and many gallows are built for mass hangings before the public eye.
Only We the People can fix this!!🇺🇸
Cute, DaPicayune. But it is time to get real. There will not be gallows on the National Mall or anywhere else. It ain’t gonna happen. IMO, it is time to get serious and decide what we really need to do to the Leftists, the Cabal who flaunt every rule of law in Our Country.
It won’t be easy and it won’t be quick. Our MAGA and Americans First coalition will figure it out. I believe God is on our side.
I can only wish!
Very willing to pay a special tax to fund the means/methods of execution of all convicted for treason.
Gitmo.
The camp is not large enough.
This year will be dangerous for all of us, it is next year that will be interesting.
On a local level, my wife and I went to the gun range today. Skills are important. On a national level, we have to press all our “leaders” so that they fully understand our cold anger/rage. Baby steps into this unfolding chaos….
I still want to know what was in the envelopes at George Bush Sr’s funeral.
Envelopes that were only given out to the ‘certain’ people.
it was a copy of their personal kompramat, to help clarify their thinking
Good luck with that, spaul. The CIA, FBI, DNI etc under the Obiden regime will never say; And WE do not have a legal reason to make them “say.”
I believe the truth will come out. All will be revealed.
He died!??
CUT THE CORD
I believe that is not where our focus needs to be right here and now !
Payoffs.
Pizzagate menu?
Don’t underestimate Smith, McCord, Weissman and their allies in New York and Georgia. They are willing to burn thus republic to ashes to retain power and hide their malfeasance. They are never held responsible. Congress won’t touch them. Yes idiots like Fani are collateral damage but they don’t matter there’s plenty more to take their place.
Jack, Mary, Andrew and pals have taken us to a very dark place. Trump is tough he may rough them up but they think they’re untouchable and they are utterly ruthless.
Lawfare works very well as long as they “RANDOMLY” keep getting Democrat judges which seems to be the case. Obviously, the selection “WHEEL” is as corrupt as many of the judges themselves.
Indeed. The algorithm built by the CYA in the court clerk system. I looked for the exact link to Marvelous Molly, which of course no longer exists, however, if you search for court clerk and algorithm, you will be amazed at the amount of results.
Weissman, McCord and Smith are ruthless and clever, but their methods do not stand up to scrutiny. By not giving up, Trump has forced them into a corner where they will have to answer for their Lawfare.
They get the quick win but by refusing to concede and by fighting on we may win the war. i do not know if there are enough judges still not corrupted to hear this case, but they will be defeated if there are enough honest men left to hear it.
This battle with Dominion and mail in ballots would bring us back our vote and we could survive that way. If we are overcome by the invasion of illegals and terror armies from our border that will be a different fight.
But by not losing hope or giving up we may prevail in the end.
Trump has battled on and they are not used to opposition that calls them out and won’t be bought.
They did not expect their fraud on the people to come to light and a great movement to rise up.
Thanks for your post Lindak! 👍 x 1000!!!
Next year
Thank you !!!
I just hope Trump has enough ammo to completely destroy the democrats/liberals/communists or whatever you want to call them. Because that is what must happen if our country is ever to be free of them and their evil and perverse depravity.
Trump as president can help us immensely and is totally needed to keep the Fed’s and foreign entities off our backs while we clean house at the State level. We must have a united effort between President Trump and the American people. If Americans go back to business as usual and expect President Trump to do all the heavy lifting we will have let him and our country down completely.
SPOT ON!
I don’t think he’s laying any massive trap. But I do think his unwavering faith in truth and good winning in the end is priceless. And it is very satisfying to see the absolute jaw dropped astonishment that these insects have, that they haven’t changed a single mind since the 2020 election. And that Justice is going to be knocking at their door starting in about 350 days.
I don’t think he’s laying any massive trap. But I do think his unwavering faith in truth and good winning in the end is priceless. And it is very satisfying to see the absolute jaw dropped astonishment that these insects have, that they haven’t changed a single mind since the 2020 election. And that Justice is going to be knocking at their door in one form or another, starting in about 350 days.
From your lips to…🙏🇺🇲💕
We can only pray!
What i want to know is HOW Jack Smith appointed himself “special counsel “?
Trust Sessions.
After Anna Paulina committee sent letter to S Mitch requesting info……case removed from docket she says in post.
Smith not S Mitch
Just like Ed Meese’s amicus brief, Anna Paulina Luna questions Jack Smith’s lack of legal authority as a special prosecutor. Some little voice is telling me that Jack Smith may soon be going home to cry to mommy.
Only if mommy is in Gitmo.
Or the Hague.
Don’t bet your lunch money on it. These F**CKERS never quit. They have unlimited money and time..
Yes, until we make sure they have no more money, and we take away their time on earth.
Take everything down to the dirt on their floor, no money.
I agree but they will have to start their farfetched insurrection prosecution all over again and by the time it makes it to trial, if ever, Trump will be President.
And then there’ll be hell to pay.
Money, yes, time, no.
This was all timed to get Trump on trial during the primaries. This particular narrative has been dead since at least August.
They’re out of time. The best thing that could happen for the regime is for these cases to be dismissed. They desperately need this to go away.
They’re not going to be able to disqualify Trump with a conviction. The Miami case is in huge trouble, too.
Or destroy his support which was a fail.
A DC judge already ruled in the Bill Clinton top secret tapes case he kept at home in a sock draw…the President of the United States can take any document or tape anywhere he wants!
These bastards will just regroup and hound him relentlessly during his 2nd term.
Praying that Jack Smith is forced to quit his Lawfare persecution of PDJT.
I pray with you. However, I seriously doubt he will ever voluntarily relent in his evil persecution of PDJT. He will have to be beaten down by the justice system.
Correct. But even more devastating was Judge Rao’s statement (signed by three others) from the DC Appeals Court which was so on point that I can’t see any court of law, not the full- panel DC Court of Appeals, nor SCOTUS, ruling in any other way than according to this statement which argues incontrovertibly that monumental judicial error was committed by the DC District Court and the 3-judge panel of the DC Appeals Court.
This was the shot heard round the world by those with sufficient knowledge and discernment.
KUDOS TO SUNDANCE FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION.
His mommy is Herr Weissmann.
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A may not be related to B.
Probably has more to do with the 3-judge Appellate bench.
Thank you very much for sharing. Certainly, the document had an immediate and substantial impact on Smith.
Can she still get her docs? She should pursue him!
Ed Meese’s amicus brief is on the docket. It just may just be the bomb that blows up Jack Smith’s whole existence. There’ll dancing in the streets!
IT seems the Georgia case will soon be off the docket too! Today Fanni and Wade admitted to their affair. He said it started in 22, which I think makes the allegations of his hiring even worse. And there is a chance she could be charged herself. There is probably even MORE jeopardy for more people if this case goes much further.
Still puzzled that Sydney Powell took a plea. I thought she was a fighter. Jenna Ellis I could care less she is blown by the wind.
I don’t want to dogpile a girl who got beat down by the system and caved but Jenna Ellis is a weak, weak person. She needs to go run her little DUI shop and stay out of Federal politics forever.
Oh, Miss Jenna is busy pushing the Article V Convention of States. She is a snake.
She is busy pushing Desantid in his stealth campaign and making nothing but negative comments about Pres Trump. I wish her NO well.
The Convention of States is a trap….how are we supposed to trust unduly selected officials with unlimited power to completely rewrite the Constitution???
The Article V Convention is not a Constitution rewrite. It’s an Amendment proposal and ratification process. 2/3 of the States agree on a list of proposed Amendments which then go on the Federal ballot, and 3/4 of the States must vote to ratify them in the next election.
The beauty of it is it completely sidesteps the US Congress; Washington has no say in the matter. It’s up to the States and their citizens. When the above thresholds are met, the matter automatically, by Constitutional law, advances to the ratification stage. Congress doesn’t get to deny anybody this ratification; they are specifically out of the loop in this.
None of that is true. Once the door the changing the Constitution opens there is no stopping.
We already have zero opposition party protecting our rights, does anyone think better actors will be the ones proposing amendments?
Not a chance.
And The Swamp will bus all their minions to the convention site to take it over. The media will call it democracy in action.
Additionally, those pushing the ConConCon claim that the ratification process will be the same as we’ve known, but the delegates would actually decide what the ratification process will be, they could dang near call it deemed ratified for all we could trust them, it most certainly won’t be some difficult process that allows all our voices to be heard and a rigorous process of examination of the proposals.
The Founders themselves expressed fear of a Constitutional Convention, recognizing that the Constitution we were blessed with itself came out of a Convention called for the express and limited purpose of modifying the Articles of Confederation, yet that went right out the window, and we are danged lucky to have what we do, it would never happen again.
The ConConCon is a false escape hatch they intend to herd all the hopeful into when they’ve deemed all else has failed, and the people will come out of such as slaves to Communism.
Here, here!!!!
Absolutely we’re lucky to have what we got. Jefferson was in France and worried about what he was getting by mail during the convention.
deleted.
I see no good outcome that’s for sure. It’s like those who believe in it haven’t bothered to look around and see who the players will be. I can’t imagine a worse time in our history to contemplate a Constitutional convention.
Thank you Alleycats, too much power to a small group of people that We the People can NOT trust…✌🏻
All the Article V convention can do is propose amendments. They then go through the normal state by state ratification process that requires 3/4 of the state legislatures to vote yes.
Congress can propose Amendments any time it wants with 2/3 majorities in both houses. I don’t get the fear.
I do get the fear. The Constitution of States is indeed the correct process for addressing the overreach and corruption in DC. Who chooses the delegates? Look at all the posers who pretended to be patriots. The same can happen with those “patriotic” delegates.
The problem is “they” are all corrupt grifters. We can trust no one. I do believe if a CoS was held today the results would be awful.
Congress ignores the current Constitution. What makes anyone think they won’t ignore new Amendments?
Federal ballot……voting on the Dominion, ES&S, etc. machines, mail in ballots, drop boxes, and ballot fraud with optical scanners doesn’t exactly instill confidence in the ratification process.
She’s a traitor
Jenna did well in her role as legal counsel for Grace Community Church in their fight against LA county which they won. Since them she has gone down a deep, dark hole. She claims to be a Christian, but her actions deny that claim.
Sidney is still fighting multiple lawsuits and others who want her law license (and everything else) taken from her.
I have her back.
However, Jenna Ellis is a horse of another color. She sold out.
That appears to be the case.
And she has MS. I’m sure age and stress are affecting her health.
and it wasn’t just georgia 600 K money for wade either.
IT WAS OVER 15 Million FEDERAL DOLLARS FROM THE DOJ.
hold on to your seats and hats….knives out.
God Bless America
Regitiger
I spend far too much lifeline trying to stay informed and yet I have not heard of this 15M. The guy basically does speeding tickets what was this for?
The DOJ gave them this money to run their case. However, it is a state case and the DOJ is not supposed to be funding it. Smacks of lawfare, collusion, more Democrat persecution, and conflict of interest between the DOJ and the Georgia court.
660K was willis to wade (questiona mark if this was georgia state funds)
15 MILLION was received by willis from DOJ…OAN and newsmax and other sources report.
not sure if the entire 15 Million from DOJ was for the willis VS Trump case at this point.
But Jim Jordan is leak spokes at DC investigating how DOJ monies may (or may not have) been mingled in the willis/wade vs Trump case.
willis response: DC does not have standing in georgia state matters.
Jordan response: ah, you were financed with US money (public)….you need to respond to our inquiry
willis: nope
spoiler: we are going to see a major brewha (sp?)
good!
sunlight.
also noting: how much money does DOJ spend on “state matters” against President Trump?
also noting: how much money has congress approved for DOJ that does not specific specifically they finance state issues?
also noting: scotus will be ruling soon about Chevron deference (the notion that the administrative state, DOJ and DOD included, can elaborate liberally far beyond the basic congressional law for policy and budget.
exhibit: how did the federal agency comes to the conclusion (enforcement) that commercial fisherman would be REQUIRED FOR LICENSE to pay for private observers to monitor catch at the tune of around 1500 bucks per day (not including meals, and also berthing, as well as the insurance costs for the additional crew on board a fishing vessel)?
take this case and understand the chevron “doctrine” as decided (by ommision mostly) by scotus.
Now before scotus is a legitimate challenge: does the administrative state have the actual constitutional authority and power to reinterpret congressional law and expand both financial burden, legal burden and commerce restriction on commercial and private businesses if the basic congressional law does not specifically state such elevation?
In my opinion, other that FISA 702/USA freedom act review/reform/abolishment, chevron deference case before scotus will be the most important legal issues of 2024!
stay tuned. and pray…Please pray.
this is about right and wrong…freedom and liberty
the founders never imagined this much power to the central state. ever. They feared this would happen.
they created a path way to solve it.
It’s called revolution.
Mark my words.
And Pray
God Bless America
That’s a hell of a brouhaha right there, Bro!
Jordan is the new Trey Gowdy. It’s all theatrics, he’s in that position to generate soundbites.
Fantastic Reg!
🇺🇲🙏💕
🎯
Sydney’s offers was a adjudication in contemplation of dismissal. Meaning you plea guilty and in a year or two if you don’t commit a crime the charges against you are dismissed!
Why did Sydney cave in if she and her lawyers are so good?
Why couldn’t or didn’t they find the same things her codefendant did and then fight?
Or, it was Trump’s team that fed than info about Fani & Co, why didn’t he give it to Sydney also?
Things that make you go 🤔
Just sayin.
money, i suspect
You have not walked a mile in her shoes. Lawfare is vicious. They have unlimited global funds– billions — to torment and torture until they bankrupt people. They get lawyers disbarred (like Giuliani) . Their $ and power appears to be limitless with the cabal running things.
Funding through Ukraine?
Yes, we the U.S.A. REAL AMERICAN CITIZENS $$$$$$$$ supposedly through Ukraine and into the coffers of the EVIL BASTARDS
the trillions spent by the biden adminstration for “green//renewable” energy needs an inspection.
the trillions spent by the fed under both Trump and MOSTLY Biden, need to be examine, the covid money.
we are talking about 4-9 TRILLION DOLLARS in a 4-6 year period, approved by congress, pelosi, mccarthy, johnson (I am so upset with him, my state champion who lost his way and power).
the key to understanding the covid crisis is to understand how congress funds crisis, real or imagined.
no one is really doing the chase down on where that money has been spent.
I’ve been asking the same question WITH PROVABLE FACTS in just one way to register some kind of curiosity from my fellow patriots:
show me just 1 killowat of new energy produced from these trillions of dollars spent in new greeen/reset/renewable congressional money investments?
just 1 kilowatt. show me
the question you see, is the one, no one seems seriously interested in answering.
and that should tell you something about the spending.
spoiler: it was not money spent to invest in green energy/renewable/reset..
IT WAS DIVERTED TO SOMETHING ELSE IS THE OBVIOUS ANSWER
where that happened is probably the most important answer yet to be determined.
I AM DETERMINED.
Pray
God Bless America
Chances are good that for any new green kilowatt gained we lost scores or hundreds in sidelined or redlined reliable carbon sources.
I’m not sure about Sidney Powell. She may have just decided that it is not worth her fighting the Cabal considering the amounts of $$$$$ she would have to spend,. and the fact that it is a KANGAROO COURT and we are now a Banana Republic. So, is she just a “wuss?” I don’t know. But I know she is MAGA and AF.
I think you are right. Sidney is courageous, experienced and intelligent. Her books are outstanding: Licensed to Lie, Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice (2014), and Conviction Machine, Standing up to Federal Prosecutorial Abuse (2020) coauthored by Harvey A. Silverglate. She took incredible abuse from the crooked affirmative action “judge” handling the federal persecution of Gen. Michael Flynn. We need to cut her a large chunk of slack. I would have hated to be in her shoes, fighting the lawfare war machine.
I don’t think Sidney will ever quit fighting for America. But when she has no funds to go forward, it might be wise to drop back 5 and punt….for now.
As my mom always said, “this, too, shall pass.” And it will, and we will win. Just gotta never give up.
Fanni is facing 20some charges.
Meese’s brief rips apart the current special counsel law. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-28/chapter-VI/part-600
Remember how Durham was inside government and thus the special counsel law was misapplied to him? Per Meese’s brief, only people in government, currently approved by the Senate to apply the law, can function as Special Counsel.
So Mueller, who was no longer approved, was bad. Can any of Mueller’s targets use this to get their convictions overturned?
Good question Jim. Very good question.
Bush’s AG pulled the same thing regarding Scooter Libby and then of course Rosenthal appointing Mueller. I don’t believe their authority was ever challenged in court.
Good news! So old Ed Meese is still cutting it at over 90 years old. Good for him, and God bless.
F these Crap Weasels. Thanks, Sundance, for the update. MAGA 👊👊🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️
Do you ever employ the usual animal-based insults and then feel bad because the animals are SO much better than Democrats? Like “rats”, “weasels” (crap or other type) ….. I even feel bad now using “slime mold” because it’s degrading to slime mold. haha
Does it mean that this particular piece of poo thrown at the wall is now sliding downward leaving a greasy smelly streak? lol
Like wise the “Fawny” Willis poo.
He should personally sue every f**ing one the in civil court….
For everything offshore and down to the dirt on their floor.
Excuse me while I place a phone call to that old Mafioso in “Absence of Malice” so that he can sit on his sofa, chuckling heartily.
Couldn’t this eventually affect the Cra Cra Carroll case in that he said something while president and she has no right to sue him?
Civil case so no. He will just appeal to a “real judge” who is not bias and it will be overturned.
Hope they can find a real judge.
None truly apprehend the power of the President as established by Article II of the Constitution. NONE!
Comprehend?
below the surface where rare but powerful sea monster live, is the kraken.
kraken: doj assigned a prosecutor to a criminal case directed at a former President of the United States. The prosecutor was never confirmed by the senate. He is a “minor” attorney, not a legitimate US Attorney, for the express purpose of prosecuting allegations of crimes about OFFICERS, namely THE PRESIDENT.
the meese brief is the kraken. everyone knows it.
noting: the withdrawal is a strategy to remove the case involving the illegimate prosecutor smith from the case…given that no courts have weighed on the meese brief, means that the DOJ is moving rapidly to “fix” this fundamental mistake/error. In removing the case from the docket, effectively strikes the case from the domain of the court. It allows DOJ to regroup, avoid the court review of smith and this case, and then transfer the case to a proper legitiamate US attorney with appropriate senate confirmed SENIOR status.
now the real question becomes: can the DOJ simply transfer all grand jury, evidence, testimony from the fraudulent smith case to a new attorney? yet again, another big legal issue. My “uneducated” instincts inform me that this would not be possible and would not survive legal scrutiny. But that IS THE GAME NOW. How to preserve all those witness testimonies …testimonies that were collected through special pleas to avoid criminal charges, and made again, by the unlawful smith “minor attorney”.
it’s going to get nuts pretty soon. Don’t blink.
also noting: they will fail.
God Bless America
Garland will transfer the case to the US Attorney for Washington DC who is 100% Bolshevik! It remains to be seen if he gets away with the slight of hand trick but they will try something!
Bite your tongue!
But they will have lost a lot of time.
And we will have lost another round of trillions. They steal our money to punish whoever they please.
I cannot imagine a grand jury indictment not being voided after the jury was empaneled, and instructed by one who was not legally empowered to preside over it.
Regitiger is probably right about a fix-up job underway.
I also cannot imagine SCOTUS ruling other than to void the entire prosecution because the Court simply cannot create a legal precedent that allows for unappointed, unconfirmed private citizens to act with the power of a US Attorney and thus to skirt the Constitution so flagrantly.
The legal reason SCOTUS must void the prosecution stems from a lack of due process because, in most jurisdictions, when substitute judges or prosecutors are hired temporarily, defendants in such cases must first sign a waiver of their right to have their cases heard by a duly appointed or elected judge or prosecutor.
The reasons are obvious: duly appointed judges or prosecutors have either been appointed by a chief executive, such as a governor or president, or they have, themselves, been elected directly to their offices. In either case, there is a direct connection to the democratic process via vote of the ELECTORATE.
In this case Jack Smith was appointed by the Attorney General whose position is not that of chief executive of the Executive Branch.
Therefore, for President Trump’s prosecution to have fulfilled due process rights, Trump would have first agreed to be tried by Jack Smith by signing a waiver of rights form in which he would waive his right to a duly appointed (by POTUS) US Attorney who was also, as required by the Constitution, duly CONFIRMED by the Senate.
Thus, not affording President Trump this MANDATORY option of not agreeing to Jack Smith AS TEMPORARY PROSECUTOR, is a massive infringement of due process rights, something that simply cannot be cured by a court other than by voiding this ABSURD prosecution entirely.
WHY?
WHY wouldn’t they go thru the proceedural steps to appoint a Special Prosecutor in the correct way, dotting i’s, crossing T’s?
Because they never intended these cases to result in convictions, their only purpose was election interference; to cause PDJT to drop out, once his poll #’s tanked.
THEN, they would use this “Meese argument” to pull the ripcord, shutting down the Court cases once they had served their purpose.
Are we really supposed to believe that nobody at DOJ knew how they were SUPPOSED to appoint an SC?
“Woops, we didn’t know!” just doesn’t cut it.
It was intentional, an Exit strategy. If I am right, we will know because they will NOT attempt to reassign this to a prosecutor that meets the requirements, as you suggest.
occams: DOJ is not just corrupt but fully capably of making large and incredibly stupid mistakes
also noting: the meese briefs does not simply address smith, but also reaches back to many other “former” special counsels who were not confirmed “us attorneys” with major status.
huber was not. (maybe)
durham was
mueller was NOT!
so, if you consider the implications, occams also suggests that DOJ has been playing loose and stupidly careless in the manner in which it empowered SC lawyers for a long period.
bad legal advice? or just no one bothered to notice.
also noting: one of the authors/writers of the meese brief made several comments that this issue was made amicus before several appeal courts and were IGNORED. at least twice with MUELLER!
something to consider
God Bless America
I love Occam’s Razor….🖖🏻
In agreement with first statement, and relate it to ” Hilary is the next president” thot process…uh-oh!
You both make excellent points. Hopefully soon, we will know for certain one way or another. But it’s possible that they played ‘fast and loose’ because they were certain that nobody would do anything about it, such is their arrogance and hubris. After all, since Eric Holder’s time at least, it’s the way they’ve conducted themselves.
SD noticed.
Thank you both Regitiger and Dutchman!! You both are some of our best thinkers along with Betsy Jones. I always look forward to your informed and insightful comments. THANK YOU!! Praise GOD!!!
We have to question the competency of all the MSM legal analysts (I include Fox here) for missing what Ed Meese and two law professors briefed. The Meese brief is understandable to layman such as we, which makes it a very dangerous document.
If it turns out that the MSM analysts are competent, then we have to question their patriotism instead, because the Mueller fraud was deliberately spiked. As was the later Smith fraud.
What Powderriver sed thank you both very much always appreciate your input on these important topics .
Blessings to the both of you
R.D.
And why was an amicus brief by Meese needed to assert the claim – a claim that I heard raised at the time Smith was appointed – and not raised by DJT’s lawyers?
If the appointment of Smith was never legal they can start their lawfare persecution all over again with a different prosecutor but by the time it gets to trial, if ever, Trump will be president again. If the election is stolen again and Trump loses or is assassinated, it doesn’t matter because we’re screwed and a second civil war looms large.
The Meese brief is directed at Garland so I don’t think it matters if the case is dropped or not.
Also, they have to keep in their minds that Trump can levy one hell of a civil suit against Smith and Garland personally if the case is withdrawn and no admission of error is made. Garland is boxed in.
Again Regitiger, fantastic explanation!
Thank you 🙏
I wonder what Melania thinks.
I hope that she is ignoring all news and focusing on being healthy and happy and enjoying her life and taking care of Barron. How she was treated was beyond horrid. The Mar-a-Lago raid must have been traumatic. I wonder if she is even staying there now.
Pretty sure Melania knows if Trump was in Burgdorf Goodman it would it have been in the papers.
I loved her trenchcoat that stated on the back, “I don’t really care. Do you?”
Love, loved, loved it!
The MSN went berserk.
She is a class act!
Go, Melania!!! 🙏💕🇺🇲
Too bad, so sad, Jack get mad, maybe tell his dad.
and go home to cry to Mommy! lol
Same concept. Just make accusations and launch charges and voila instant anti-President Donald J Trump & MAGA election interference propaganda, media filler.
Hope CA Senate candidate, MLB Hall of Famer, Steve Garvey hits a Grand Slam on this corrupt fellow candidate, Constantly Lying POS, Adam’s Shfity.
I’m with you mate. the newest development along those lines I am watching is New Jersey and the spectacle of their Wall St Goldman Sachs Democrat Governor, who murdered thousands of NJ senior citizens by purposefully dumping Covid patients in their nursing homes of our fellow citizens depending on government to take care of them, and his narcissist wife trying to grab the seat. Perhaps its not illegal, but its unethical as heck.
NJ is the California of the East Coast. They are nuts, they are criminals, and they will tax you right out of your business and home.
If God were to administer an enema to the USA, NJ is where He would insert the hose.
Unfortunately, I believe Sleezeball Schiff is hitting Garvey back by dwelling into his extramarital affairs of long ago, and what a bad dad he was ,blah blah blah, top headlines in the Maily Mail this morning. My first thought was Schiff retaliating after Garvey called him a liar, and a liar to the whole USA. Schifty was, let’s say not too thrilled. This wa s during a debate of all 4 candidates running for Feinsteins Senate seat.
Garvey is not in the Hall of Fame.
Hope he gets elected to the Senate.
Sorry to disappoint you but that ain’t happening. The dim bulbs out here believe every word coming from the left.
Zoom in on his chin and neck. What’s up with that??
Looks like skin graft scarring.
But, Schiff always seemed skinny in the face to me, and the overall head shape seems wrong too, as I recall.
Body doubles are the norm now…???
Ever heard of Photoshopped?
Yes and it’s very obvious what was photoshopped in place of his neck and chin if you just look a little closer 🙂
He was tested for being a witch by hanging. He survived thereby confirming he is, in fact, a witch
Very strange indeed, a deeper dive needs to be made about this….the harder I look at it, the worse it seems.
Is it a foreshadowing of when they hang that pos for treason? I would love to have that snap on loop. Maggot pos child molestor.
Tried to hang himself?
Auto erotica. Maybe he was at the Standard Hotel recently!
It’s a penis. Look closer.
that’s funny.
Skin cancer.
must be trying to fix the pencil neck thing i think our president got under his skin
He’s probably trying to take care of that pencil neck problem.
I miss Rush…😞
Yes, and notice when E. Jean Carroll was recently on CNN, she talked about giving part of her money to help fight Trump’s war on women’s rights, specifically abortion rights. They are driving home their talking points, to sway the undecided voters, with controversial subjects, that a large majority of voters care about.
Enjoy the very MAGA Mark Dice exposing nutter E Jean Carroll. I’m convinced Mark is a Treeper.
The Democrats’ Latest Scheme To Take Down Trump Is Beyond a Farce!
What is going on with his neck. Is he into some sort of unusual side gig?
Santos was removed from Congress. This alone should get Schiff removed.
I have said all along that the cases will be thrown out with prejudice as it is all fruit of the poisoned tree. I didn’t stay at a Holiday Inn either.
Holiday Inn? 😂
Trump is going to win.
BIGLY!
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-election-case-now-hold-50-days-amid-immunity-appeal
Says its on hold for 50 days only, but doesn’t provide evidence as to why.
It says that it’s already been on hold for 50 days…. Goes on to say March trial date unlikely…
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God Bless America
Ty regitiger, God Bless America!
we literally live on the shoulders on incredibly brilliant men and women…who dared to tell a truth, so important and vital and pressing, that it not only changed the world, but caused these men and women great pain and grave danger, or worse.
so it goes with being “right”.
if there is a good reason to acknowledge that good and evil are in a contest, we can look to history closely to understand this conflict.
the good news? good always wins…maybe frustratingly slow…but always, like gravity, it draws the truth to singularity.
God Bless America
what women are you referring too.
primarily, eve!
but later, and also primarily Mary of Nazareth.
this depends on your level of belief.
See, God CHOSE A WOMAN TO MATERIALIZE HIS OWN SON.
Why did God chose a Woman? Certainly he could have materialized his own son from spontaneity, yes?
why he would chose a Woman (in my opinion) was to INFORM human beings about the status of a Woman as well as a Man. That these are the natural products of his creation. That his only son, he chose to provide for all of our sins, would be born of a woman….but without the sin. (I admit I do not fully understand the immaculate conception, because it goes very deep into areas that the bible does not well explain..at least to me….But I have good faith this was chosen for a good perfect reason).
other women in the bible play incredibly important roles in our understanding of how women demonstrate a MOTHERLY embrace about humanity itself…the selfless caring, empathy, and love that we humans cannot feel or get from anyone other than our mothers. Women.
I will cite my own Mother. She is a powerful christian Woman. She has changed the lives of many people in her lifetime. She is my role model, as much as my own father.
others that you may or may know about
Sybil Ludington
noting: certainly not an expert on GREAT WOMEN. But I know a few.
It’s no small coincidence that right = correct; correct = Truth
“There is nothing more impossible to contain, or difficult to control, than free thinkers who possess the truth.” ~ Tim Welsh
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
~ Martin Luther King Jr.
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”
~ Theodore Parker
https://open.substack.com/pub/technofog/p/fani-willis-admits-affair?r=pezdl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Techno Frog just put this out on substack; it’s a good read. I did put it on the presidential thread also.
I believe there is relevance here because we have been discussing Fani Willis on this thread today and it’s all President Trump persecution related.
Evert time Fani is brought up, Kemp’s name should be mentioned too. This happened with his blessing.
Lawfare is a criminal enterprise that harasses and victimizes those who support the Republic. 👹🔥
Nice life you got there. Be a shame if something happened to it (in my best Mafioso voice)…
So So TRUE
Fani Willis campaigns for Atlanta DA promises to end corruption, no sex with employees or taking money illegally.
Fani fires DA Employee who exposed $500,000 corruption in federal grant.
A very good discussion with video and newspaper articles.
The Jimmy Dore Show today
Satanic inversion 101 – EXPOSED.
I’ll bet the Lawfare judges will somehow,someway make some sort of a ruling whereas; Presidential immunity (for PDJT) didn’t/doesn’t apply for for the period Between the November Election and January 20 when he officially left office,because he was an “outgoing President”
I’ll bet Lawfare is frantically searching the archives of all the last living Democrat Presidents Obummer, Clinton, Carter and maybe even Bush ,to see if there is anything in the last days of their post election time periods that would cause actions against them also.. If they find nothing,I’ll bet the rotten Lawfare bastards will go for it.. These P’s OS will stop at nothing!
Remember when OBUMMER first got elected?? Him and Holder were making noise about war crimes against Bush and Darth??? That was just a trial balloon for whats to come.
Personally, I feel that the conspiracy against rights charge, against President Trump, is the one charge that he has to worry about. Plus, it would rile up the African-American vote demographic, which is why they included it in the charges.
The SCOTUS -didn’t- agree with that idea. “All those many years ago.”
intended to manipulate public opinion
Lawfare appears to be a political shakedown crafted in critical legal studies, to exploit perceived victims against manufactured targets, for political and/or financial gain.
My public opinion only.
Carroll gonna take Maddow, McCord, and Monaco… on a shopping spree!
“Rachel Maddow asks E. Jean Carroll what she’s going to do with “Trump’s money” to help “women’s rights.”
“Carroll says she and Maddow will “go shopping, get completely new wardrobes, new shoes…Rachel, what do you want, penthouse?”
“Her lawyer nervously says “that’s a joke”
If more than half of women believe in the right to have an abortion, and say 30% of men do too, it’s easy to see why she brought this issue up, during the interview. Plus, after brainwashing two generations of school kids, to believe it also, it becomes a huge marketing issue for the Uniparty.
Pride goeth before the fall. I wish Trump would counter-sue E. Jean for millions. Would be interesting to see her story then.
Everyone… I mean EVERYONE knows E Jean Carrol is freaking nuts. This is a perfect example of people pretending she is legitimate and Lawfare not caring about laws or facts, all just to get Trump. God will judge her and all those who align with her position, just as God will judge all of us when our time has come.
Lawfare is a version of Asymmetrical Warfare in which law is twisted and bent out of shape in order to use the legal systems, criminal, civil, and Constitutional to conduct a “non-kinetic” war against a targeted individual or group.
There is little doubt that Jack, Mary and Andrew may have detractors, if not outright antagonists who might aid the Trump administration if the result is overwhelming enough… That may be a wild-card variable to watch for.
On a light note, think that the players are better described as jack, andrew, and mary, as they appear to be in a bit of a jam.
Less lawfare hogs at the trough drinking dc cesspool slop!👀😂😂😂😂😡
Looks like Jack’s hairline is receding fast.
Personally, the group was a wreck – but their music was great! 🙂
it’s weird how you can take a basic blues song and make it california giddy.
friday, the fifth monday…
I guess Obama did not taint the whole judicial system like they wanted to.
The pretending justification for the Lawfare claims now hit the non-pretending and visible reality of political intent.
Reality is undefeated period!
Obviously the lawfare team is backing off of Donald Trump because they are terrified by the “surging” Nikki Haley campaign
Jack Smith leaking to ABC today –
Another Raid Incoming? Jack Smith Leaks Dubious Story About “Hidden Rooms” FBI Didn’t Search at Mar-a-Lago as His Cases Against Trump Falter | The Gateway Pundit | by Cristina Laila
Groundhog Smith should have stayed in his hole.
You can’t make this stuff up , or maybe you can if you are Smith or Schiff – going for the old “ hidden room” ploy – maybe they should call Geraldo – remember that one ..shark jumping time has arrived , I think
Smith’s “reasoning”? :
In the filing about immunity was also reference to the use of the four statutes Smith claimed Trump violated in an effort to hijack the count of the Electoral Votes on January 6th. The elements of those statutes, which are conditional statements that control whether or not the actions which Smith claims Trump committed constitute violations of those statutes. One of them is 18 USC 241, which is an Anti-Ku Klux Klan law which criminalizes the activities used by the “Night Riders” to terrorize black people into either not voting, or to punish them for voting. Here is what Trump would have had to do in order to violate this statute:
If two or more persons conspire to:
Injure any person OR
Intimidate any person OR
Oppress any person OR
Threaten any person OR
While wearing a disguise and going about the highway to confront and terrorize a person for either exercising a right or attempting to exercise a right OR
While wearing a disguise enter the property of a person to confront and terrorize the person for exercising a right or attempting to exercise a right.
No, Trump did not do any of those things, and Smith’s indictment nowhere mentions such activity. Here is the essence of Smith’s allegations against Trump:
“Donald J. Trump did knowingly combine, conspire, confederate (my first supervisor made me strike this term from an FD-302 because it is too much of a reference to the Civil war), and agree with co-conspirators, known and unknown to the Grand Jury, to defraud the United States (AKA the federal government) by using dishonesty, fraud, and deceit to impair, obstruct, and defeat the lawful federal government function by with the results of the presidential election are collected, counted, and certified by the federal government (actually the Congress meeting in Joint Session).”
First, there is nothing in that statement that includes such physical violence as inflicting injury, oppressing, threatening, or intimidating any person. The tools Smith alleges Trump used are the tools of a conman or grifter, not a physical terrorist who gets in an individual’s space and terrorizes or punishes them for exercising a right like voting.
Second, the offenses alleged were not carried out in order to punish an individual for exercising a right like voting, or intending to exercise a right like voting. The alleged offenses were used to defraud the United States Government, not an individual citizen. So, Smith, in using this statute, misidentifies the victim. As stated in another paragraph in the indictment:
“The purpose of the conspiracy was to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election by using knowingly false claims of election fraud to obstruct the federal government function by which those results are collected, counted, and certified.”
Smith was accusing Trump of lying to achieve his goals, not using physical violence against citizens.
Since none of the elements of 18 USC 241 actually apply to what Smith alleged Trump did, or attempted to do, that statute cannot be used by Smith as a count in the indictment. Trump did not violate that statute. Smith’s problem is, by alleging Trump wanted to thwart the Electoral Vote Count by means of a “Novel Legal Theory,” adhered to by one of his legal advisors, that the Vice President, acting under the title of President of the Senate, and presiding over the Electoral Vote Count, could “send Certificates of Ascertainment submitted to the Congress by the governors of seven states, back to those states for further review or adjudication”. This intention was not a secret conspiracy, but was openly described by Trump several times in public, and reported in several media outlets. Typically, such moves are challenged in Constitutional court actions and either upheld by the court as Constitutional, or overturned. Such plans are anticipated in the body of Electoral Count Act, which has several protections of the Certificates of Ascertainment built into the statute, such as the Safe Harbor rule and one House of Congress voting in favor of the Certificate of Ascertainment of a given state being sufficient for the Certificate of Ascertainment to be judged as the sole representation of the given state’s votes. In other words, the Electoral Count Act does not criminalize anything Trump did, and is the governing statute of the Electoral Vote Count and Certification by the Congress in Joint Session.
The Electoral Count Act is not a criminal statute. It is a procedural and Constitutional statute. The remedies against attempts to manipulate the procedure are built in and have been very successful in maintaining a stable certification process with minimal controversy for over 100 years.
So has PDJT moved to dismiss or submitted a defense that Smith failed to plead a crime?
The poor selection of statutes was included in the body of the petition for a hearing at the Appeals Court level.
The reason why Smith had to choose statutes like the Anti-KKK statute, which has no elements that correspond with Smith’s allegations against Trump, is because (and this is hard for people to grasp) No one can criminally violate the Electoral Count Act. Trump was actually charged with attempting to hijack the electoral vote count by doing things like having seven of his delegations of Electoral Nominees from seven different states publicly file their votes for Trump. This is not illegal, and has never been charged in the history of the Electoral College even though there have been states, especially after the Civil War, that had as many as three different certificates of those states’ electoral votes. There was a practical joke certificate of Electoral Votes sent in for one January 6th. No one got arrested for that, either. Smith hasn’t arrested any of those Elector nominees, and their UNCONSTITUTIONAL “Replacements” who voted in the place of some Trump Elector Nominees who were too scared to vote that way. That is why one phrase in the Electoral Count Act charges Congress with determining which “papers purporting to be the Electoral Votes of a State” are legitimate and which are not. Congress counts the votes and certifies the winner, and Congress also decides which votes get counted and which do not. It has always been that way, and will probably stay that way as long as there is an Electoral College.
I called the Replacements among the Trump Elector Nominees as “Unconstitutional Electors” because they were not chosen in accord with the laws of those states, which is the requirement for being a legitimate Elector Nominee of a candidate. Being “Unconstitutional” means either the courts would reject only those Electoral votes from the replacements, or reject all those Trump votes when challenged in court. You don’t go to jail for being an “Unconstitutional Elector Nominee.” Your vote is just worthless, that’s all. They are not FRAUDULENT ELECTORS, and thus criminal. They are Unconstitutional Electors, which would negate their votes when challenged in federal court.
Since there are no criminal penalties for “violations” of the Electoral Count Act, no criminal charges can be brought, unless, of course, you are a LAWFARE practitioner. Then you use statutes that don’t really apply and hope you can get by with it in a friendly court.
“The President(!) shall […] take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” – US Constitution, Article 2, Section 3.
So sorry, “Lawfare,” but you picked the wrong target. Your “novel legal theories” might be thrown against literally anyone else. But, not this one entirely-unique BRANCH.
And no, these are not my ideas: they’re settled SCOTUS rulings. Some of them very old.
“Why did he say it?” Because election fraud is a Federal crime. Therefore, he decided that “the laws are not being faithfully executed.” Period. It was his Constitutional DUTY. And it was his decision and sole prerogative.
Smith’s choice of statutes are themselves “Novel Legal Theories,” as well as what Mr. Eastman thought was applicable. Only Eastment did not think his theory was ever tested by SCOTUS. There is nothing wrong with testing a legal theory, in fact Louis Gohmert tested Eastman’s prior to January 6th, and that federal judge did not issue an opinion in agreement with Mr. Eastman’s theory.
All my arguments about this subject run contrary to “Lawfare,” about which, here and in Twitter, I have always opposed. The use of 18 USC 241 is classic Lawfare.
Love to read your analyses of the applicability of the other 3 statutes.
Without a natural disaster, riot, act of war, or some other extreme event, It is impossible to obstruct the count of electoral votes. Objections to a state’s Certificate of Ascertainment result in two hours of debate in the separate chambers for House and Senate. If one house votes for the Certificate of Ascertainment, it wins. If the Certificate of Ascertainment is received within the Safe Harbor Rule, it wins. None of the objections in the last January 6th count worked. The riot only delayed the vote for a few hours. The Electoral Count Act is a well-oiled political machine. Nothing but the riot did anything to delay or disrupt it, and the delays were not material to the completion of the process. So the obstruction of a government procedure doesn’t fit unless they pin the riot on Trump. Smith did not get any indictment for that kind of action.
The Fraud Statute doesn’t fit because it was passed to deal with actual financial fraud by government contractors.
These statutes were picked because there is no way to criminally violate the Electoral Count Act. Such disputes are settled in court in Constitutional cases.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mustafa Mustafa Ali Mohammed today thanked Joe Biden for his assistance in demolishing a bunch old dilapidated buildings. French sources close to John Kerry quoted Mustafa Ali as saying, “Thank you Mr. Joe. Your F-16 demolish crew was very efficient. Now our old rotten buildings are gone and we don’t look like Detroit anymore. You did us a solid Mr. Joe.” There was no comment from the White House.
Election interference is exactly what Jack Smith, the DOJ, and the DC courts are engaging in here.
Exactly
Ask your liberal “friends” if Jack Smith is stupid or they all knew how this would proceed and just wanted the political narrative.
I would be willing to bet they wouldn’t even know who Jack Smith is.
Since he never won a high-profile political case (John Edwards, Robert Menendez, and Virginia Governor McConnell) one should wonder shy Smith was chosen for this project.
Media headlines say suspended for 50 days. They don’t say indefinitely!
Wrong. The case has been on hold for 50 days as of yesterday, and the Epoch Times had a story to that effect. That story was written before we found out today that the case if now off the calendar.
So who takes a case “off the calendar”? A clerk of the court?
This should not remove jusisdiction of the Appellate Court or Supreme Court) for their current review.
Smith has not filed a dismissal motion.
District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan (somehow assigned to this case) has not entered an Order dismissing the case.
The “calendar” is not the case docket.
Each judge has a senior clerk, one of their jobs is to keep the judge’s time in court/chambers well managed between longer trials/one day applications etc. The clerk of the court is, in effect another department – they are found in the administration/filing and processing of orders etc. There is close interaction between the two, the judge’s clerk will keep the judge’s papers, court diary, case notes etc and file all relevant paperwork with admin etc.
The case before DC Judge Chutkan is stayed – its on the court record and there was an admonishment for Chutkan allowing Smith to file a subsequent notice after the case had been successfully accepted by the DC Appellate Court.
If Smith decides to withdraw the case, he must issue a discontinuance notice but as the matter is stayed in the lower court, he would have to go to the higher court for their consent plus the consent of the defending party. Bit of a mess there !
A calendar is just that – a calendar. But speaking of calendars, it is obvious that by the time the DC Appellate Court has heard the matter, plus the En Banc, plus any appeal to the SC etc, its all too close to November!
Also, as pointed out by my fellow Treepers, if and when this matter comes before the SC, there is the Ed Meese Amicus Curiae brief to be examined by the black robed jurists. That is a check mate manoeuvre.
It’s a mess
Judge Chutkan in Trump’s DC election case enters an order officially vacating the jury written questionnaire process & vacating the court’s Pretrial Order, stating it will set a new schedule “if and when the mandate is returned.”
The leftists are now attacking, slandering and smearing the DC Appeals Court judges
Andrew Weissmann
Judge Who Pushed to Delay Donald Trump Trial Raises Eyebrows
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-presidential-immunity-case-supreme-court-karen-henderson-appeal-washington-1853603
You sound positive SD. That is good!
dood even looks like a horsefly
swat
shoo now, don’t come back
The weight of their dishonesty drags their faces down. These are uglyass people bro.
Did they decide to pursue this if Trump wins?
What is going on at the border?
Rather than shine a bright light on their malfeasance, I don’t get why Global Billionaires Inc. can’t let Trump win. They will continue to block and harass. Let him have his one last term. They have already destroyed the military, border patrol, the IRS, etc.
The FBI is rogue and probably always has had elements who were. Intel funds itself and will continue to go about it’s sneaky, diabolical business.
Trump might allow oil to flow again, bring some industry back, free some incarcerated patriots.
No big deal. Just continue the satanic enterprises with a bit more diplomacy and at a slower pace for four years. No biggee to folks who have Herr Lucifer on their side.
I just belong to the other team. Go, Jesus and people of faith everywhere!—-
so someone important has seen the 90hrs of ALL Dems doing the exact same thing???
What gives?
The “Be careful what you wish for” and “A future GOP administration could use the tactics against the dems” arguments leave out the fact that the dems control the entirety of the federal government and would block any moves detrimental to The Party or it’s members and operatives.
just my guess but I’m beginning to think that some or many of these traitorous miscreants are sensing a very likely Trump victory and are hedging their bets as we speak. For Jack, Mary and Andy its too late to cut and run.
Look at that photo. We’ve seen more mentally healthy-looking mass murderers. Smith’s TDS is rotting him.
Does anyone wondeer why some here so frequently talk about Q-Anon? Most Americans haven’t a clue about it, him or them.It rivals talk about Behar and Reid ande good old Scarborough. Irrelevant.