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2024-05-08 Government Corruption
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Judge vacates start date for Donald Trump's classified documents trial, with no new date yet decided
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[10News] Good. Jack Smith is interfering in the election.
In a filing on May 7, District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed by Donald Trump
 ...Oh, noze! Not him!...
, said there were pretrial issues that would have to be resolved before the case could proceed.
Ha! "Mishandled evidence".... yes, I suppose one could say that.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, overseeing former President Donald Trump's classified documents case in Florida, has vacated the start date of the trial, which was most recently set for May 20.
Cannon, who was appointed by Trump, set the May date as a compromise between the prosecution's plea to set the trial in December and the defense's request to postpone it until after the 2024 presidential election.
In a filing on May 7, Judge Cannon wrote: "Finalization of a trial date at this juncture — before resolution of the myriad and interconnected pre-trial and CIPA issues remaining and forthcoming — would be imprudent and inconsistent with the Court's duty to fully and fairly consider the various pending pre-trial motions before the Court, critical CIPA issues, and additional pretrial and trial preparations necessary to present this case to a jury."
Cannon has not set a replacement date for the trial.
Trump is accused of unlawfully retaining hundreds of classified documents at his resort in Florida. He is charged with 37 felony counts of mishandling classified material. In July of 2023, prosecutors added more felony charges of obstruction and willful retention of national defense information.
ZERO - Trump Classified Document Trial Postponed Indefinitely Days After 'Mishandled Evidence' Bombshell
The Zero Hedge article links to the original order to vacate, and adds background.
More from PJ Media courtesy of DarthVader at 9:04 a.m. ET: |
Special Counsel Jack Smith's classified documents case against former President Donald Trump has been on shaky ground lately. On Friday, Smith’s team admitted to misleading Cannon and tampering with the evidence that had been used as the basis for his case against Trump.
Last month, Cannon unsealed a trove of new documents in the case that also revealed that an FBI agent had testified that the General Services Administration (GSA) was in possession of Trump's boxes in Virginia before ordering Trump's team to come get them. The same boxes that the GSA had been holding and ordered Trump’s team to retrieve ended up being the boxes that contained classified markings, raising questions about whether the Biden administration had set up Trump.
"So an entire pallet full of boxes that had been held by GSA somewhere outside of DC is dumped at Mar-a-Lago," independent journalist Julie Kelly noted. "Apparently these are the boxes that ended up containing papers with 'classified markings.'"
The Supreme Court also heard oral arguments over Trump's claims to presidential immunity, which may affect this cause.
Cannon's decision is a major win for President Trump, who has repeatedly sought to delay the case until after the presidential election in November. In early April, Cannon rejected Trump's previous attempt to dismiss the case, which he based on the argument that the documents found at his estate were personal records. Trump had filed multiple motions for dismissal back in February, employing various arguments, such as asserting presidential immunity and questioning the legitimacy of Smith's appointment.
Meanwhile, Joe Biden had classified information that he was never entitled to have stored in boxes in his garage for years but was not charged. In February Special Counsel Robert Hur's report concluded that Biden "willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen" and that his actions "present[ed] serious risks to national security.” However, Hur wouldn’t bring charges against him because Biden "would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."
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