Well, isn’t that a peach.
Shocking pretty much no one, this afternoon corrupt partisan hack Aileen Cannon postponed the classified documents case against Trump indefinitely. Basically guaranteeing that this case won’t be heard before the election. Admittedly, we already pretty much knew that that would be the case given Cannon’s brazenly corrupt, nonstop slow walking of this case . But this cements that reality.
At this point, what is Jack Smith waiting for in terms of trying to get this extension of the Trump campaign removed from this case? I understand that writs of mandamus are submitted rarely and that the bar for removal on appeal — probably properly — are quite high, requiring some clear evidence of blatant, indisputable errors. And that perhaps, for all her partisan corruptness, perhaps Cannon has managed to avoid that so far. But what about that “in limine” option that Neal Katyal had mentioned a few weeks ago as a possible intermediate step?
Can any legal whiz Kossacks speak to that? It might not remove her but if granted, could serve to publicly rebuke her, etc etc . I also realize the damage has already been done. Even if there was some way to remove this remove this corrupt hack from this case, I suspect it would take months for a new judge to get up to speed and be ready to begin. But enough is enough. What possibly is the harm in not trying to address this? The possibility that Cannon would look unfavorably on such a motion and take it out on the prosecution down the road ? Methinks that ship sailed months ago.
By all appearances, this is such an open-and-shut case….. and the evidence seems to be so overwhelming, The idea that this inexperienced, unqualified in classified cases, partisan hack can so brazenly delay and extend this process by months and months without paying any legal or professional price whatsoever is mind boggling…..and deeply, deeply disgusting and infuriating.
Would love to hear from smart legal minds out there. Thanks!