*Judge* Cannon had this case wired from the kickoff...Granting all matter of motions for the defense early on to slow orderly proceedings down, to the "special Master" carry-on, but most importantly, seemingly undaunted by the rubbishing she received from SC Smith's appeals to the 11th CA, ALL granted for the prosecution. But no, now it'…
*Judge* Cannon had this case wired from the kickoff...Granting all matter of motions for the defense early on to slow orderly proceedings down, to the "special Master" carry-on, but most importantly, seemingly undaunted by the rubbishing she received from SC Smith's appeals to the 11th CA, ALL granted for the prosecution. But no, now it's one step forward and two steps backward, putting Smith through more rigamarole in the guise of "transparency"...well, right, who ISN'T in favor of less govt. secrecy, whatever. But given tRump's track record of calling out witnesses and other principals involved in his many trials, and rank intimidation directed thereto, how can Cannon simply dismiss Smith's contentions without providing sound reasoning for gainsaying his concerns?
This trial was heading for the sort of clusterf**k that Cannon advertised early on, and I firmly believe that the judge reckoned that all the real action was up in DC, in Judge Chutkan's courtroom, and Cannon could carry on her merry way with minimum interference AFTER the early dustups with the 11th CA.
SC Smith is in a quandary here, as the trial date of May will soon be shifted to late this year at the earliest, with yet more motions coming from tRump's co-defendants, and the DC trial *likely* to begin in earnest early this summer, so what does he do to jump-start the show? Probably not much at all, IMHO. All the action will be in DC in the *near* future, and prosecutorial resources need to be brought to bear upon the most critical of Smith's two impending cases.
I’m not sure that Jack smith could have filed the case in another venue. Usually , the correct venue is where the wrong occurred, not where the prosecutor thinks they have the best chance. The big problem is this is a one judge district.
The Southern District of Florida has roughly 26 judges, but also some vacancies and some senior judges who may be less active. The SD of Florida is divided into geographic Divisions, but there’s more than one judge in any one of them. There are reportedly 7 active judges with chambers in the West Palm Beach Division where this case was brought and 3 senior ones who may hear cases. The assignment was reportedly made at random among the judges. I’d say, bad luck.
*Judge* Cannon had this case wired from the kickoff...Granting all matter of motions for the defense early on to slow orderly proceedings down, to the "special Master" carry-on, but most importantly, seemingly undaunted by the rubbishing she received from SC Smith's appeals to the 11th CA, ALL granted for the prosecution. But no, now it's one step forward and two steps backward, putting Smith through more rigamarole in the guise of "transparency"...well, right, who ISN'T in favor of less govt. secrecy, whatever. But given tRump's track record of calling out witnesses and other principals involved in his many trials, and rank intimidation directed thereto, how can Cannon simply dismiss Smith's contentions without providing sound reasoning for gainsaying his concerns?
This trial was heading for the sort of clusterf**k that Cannon advertised early on, and I firmly believe that the judge reckoned that all the real action was up in DC, in Judge Chutkan's courtroom, and Cannon could carry on her merry way with minimum interference AFTER the early dustups with the 11th CA.
SC Smith is in a quandary here, as the trial date of May will soon be shifted to late this year at the earliest, with yet more motions coming from tRump's co-defendants, and the DC trial *likely* to begin in earnest early this summer, so what does he do to jump-start the show? Probably not much at all, IMHO. All the action will be in DC in the *near* future, and prosecutorial resources need to be brought to bear upon the most critical of Smith's two impending cases.
Cannon gets a pass.
I’m not sure that Jack smith could have filed the case in another venue. Usually , the correct venue is where the wrong occurred, not where the prosecutor thinks they have the best chance. The big problem is this is a one judge district.
Thank you! Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 18. There was a chance they wouldn’t get Judge Cannon, but they needed to follow the rules.
The Southern District of Florida has roughly 26 judges, but also some vacancies and some senior judges who may be less active. The SD of Florida is divided into geographic Divisions, but there’s more than one judge in any one of them. There are reportedly 7 active judges with chambers in the West Palm Beach Division where this case was brought and 3 senior ones who may hear cases. The assignment was reportedly made at random among the judges. I’d say, bad luck.