Via #RawStory @ 8:42pm EDT on Oct 02, 2024

#SpecialCounsel #JackSmith has built an airtight case against former President #DonaldTrump in his #SupersedingIndictment and in the new, massive filing released Wednesday, a retired #HarvardLaw professor argued.

#LaurenceTribe told #CNN's #ErinBurnett on Wednesday that the case surmounts every obstacle the #SupremeCourt put in its way with the recent ruling that grants presidents a presumption of #immunity for official acts.

https://www.rawstory.com/laurence-tribe-jack-smith/

'Jaw-dropping': Law professor 'Wowed' 25 times reading Smith's latest filing

Special counsel Jack Smith has built an airtight case against former President Donald Trump in his superseding indictment and in the new, massive filing released Wednesday, a retired Harvard Law professor argued. Laurence Tribe told CNN's Erin Burnett on Wednesday that the case surmounts every obsta...

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After a testy 1hr hearing in federal court in DC, Judge Tanya #Chutkan granted a proposal by special counsel #JackSmith’s office to make its case about the limits of #Trump’s #immunity by Sept 26, w/other filings due in the weeks that follow.

Her scheduling order offers the first glimpse of how the case will proceed after #SCOTUS ruled presidents cannot be prosecuted for…official conduct, upending the Trump prosecution & forcing the #SpecialCounsel to seek a #SupersedingIndictment.

#law #Jan6

NEW #TrumpIndictment & Appeal EXPLAINED

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5WTz_CycxI
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DADDY JACK STRIKES BACK!! #SpecialCounselJackSmith filed an appeal in the #MaraLago #documentscase against Trump in the 11th Circuit on Monday, and then Tuesday he filed a #supersedingindictment against Trump for his role in #January6th. What's going on, and how will this affect the #election??

NEW Trump Indictment & Appeal EXPLAINED

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WORTHWHILE DISCUSSION OF NEW INDICTMENT OF DONALD TRUMP UNDER THE SUPREME COURT'S PRESIDENTIAL INFALLIBILITY RULING
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Jack Smith re-indicting Trump made it 'easier' for judge to get election case back on track
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KlpPtxM1vw

Andrew Weissmann and Chuck Rosenberg do up this topic very well.

It seems to me that our thinking on so-called "presidential immunity" - it is really presidential infallibility - ought to never leave the fact that the United States Supreme Court is saying the president of the United States has immunity for provable crimes committed. Immunity for undeniably committing crimes. The United States Supreme Court majority is insane.

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#andrewweissmann #chuckrosenberg #democrats #donaldtrump #jacksmith #supersedingindictment #supremecourt #trumpsupersecingindictment #unitedstatessupremecourt #ussupremecourt

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Jack Smith re-indicting Trump made it 'easier' for judge to get election case back on track

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WORTHWHILE DISCUSSION OF NEW INDICTMENT OF DONALD TRUMP UNDER THE SUPREME COURT'S PRESIDENTIAL INFALLIBILITY RULING
Mastodon Post

Jack Smith re-indicting Trump made it 'easier' for judge to get election case back on track
MSNBC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KlpPtxM1vw

Andrew Weissmann and Chuck Rosenberg do up this topic very well.

It seems to me that our thinking on so-called "presidential immunity" - it is really presidential infallibility - ought to never leave the matter that the United States Supreme Court is saying the president of the United States has immunity for provable crimes committed. Immunity for undeniably committing crimes. The United States Supreme Court majority is insane. They have given Biden immune authority to remove them from office and Biden should do it while he has the power. There could be no better test of the court's presidential infallibility ruling.

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#andrewweissmann #chuckrosenberg #democrats #donaldtrump #jacksmith #supersedingindictment #supremecourt #trumpsupersecingindictment #unitedstatessupremecourt #ussupremecourt

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Jack Smith re-indicting Trump made it 'easier' for judge to get election case back on track

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In its decision on #immunity, #SCOTUS ruled that #Trump could not face #criminal charges related to any of his interactions w/ #DOJ ofcls, finding that a president’s dealings w/the #Justice Dept were part of the core *official* duties of his office.

[You’d think #TheCrimeFraudException would render any dealings w/DOJ ofcls in furtherance of a crime “unofficial acts” FFS]

#law #ElectionInterference #Jan6 #democracy #SupersedingIndictment

The #SupersedingIndictment strips out some charges in order to help it survive #SCOTUS’ recent ruling granting former presidents broad #immunity for *official* acts in office.

The new #indictment came just days before #Trump’s lawyers & prosecutors in the office of the #SpecialCounsel, #JackSmith, were scheduled to provide Judge #Chutkan who is overseeing the case w/their separate proposals for how to assess the impact on the case of the #SupremeCourt’s decision.

#criminal #law #Jan6

The new #indictment …deletes all references to… fmr #DOJ ofcl #JeffreyClark.

Clark held a Senate-confirmed post as head of DOJ’s #Environmental & #NaturalResources Division [despite previously arguing for LESS regulation on carbon emissions] & was serving as the acting head of DOJ’s Civil Division [w/zero qualifications] at the end of the #Trump admin when Trump considered a plan to install Clark as acting AG.

#criminal #law #ElectionInterference #Jan6 #democracy #SupersedingIndictment

Smith’s original 45-pg #indictment, unveiled last Aug, included claims that #Trump sought to use the #Justice Dept to advance what prosecutors contend was an unlawful & fraudulent effort to overturn #Biden’s victory. Those details, which #SCOTUS described as largely outside the reach of prosecutors, have been omitted from the new, shorter charging doc.

#criminal #law #ElectionInterference #Jan6 #democracy #SupersedingIndictment

The new document also eliminates a long list of top govt ofcls who had informed #Trump that his claims about election fraud & anomalies were false, including top #intelligence, #DOJ, #DHS ofcls & WH lawyers.

#criminal #law #ElectionInterference #Jan6 #democracy #SupersedingIndictment