And now, with mandamus spelled correctly.

Jack Smith to Aileen Cannon: Treating Non-Lawyer Tom Fitton's Theories as Law Will Lead to Mandamus

https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/04/03/jack-smith-to-aileen-cannon-treating-non-lawyer-tom-fittons-theories-as-law-will-lead-to-manadamus/

Jack Smith to Aileen Cannon: Treating Non-Lawyer Tom Fitton's Theories as Law Will Lead to Manadamus - emptywheel

Jack Smith has now formally informed Judge Aillen Cannon that she has been chasing a whack theory spun up by someone, Tom Fitton, who doesn't even have a JD.

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@emptywheel should have leaned into the other spelling. Never back down!
@copito @emptywheel I would admire that as well, but she’s a perfectionist. I’m a dyslexic and it just jumps out to me. I follow her daily. Her research is unequaled.
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Slight difference in President Clinton taking audio tapes of his memoirs and tfg stealing nuclear secrets. Just my opinion tho!

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Has Garland got a leash on Smith, seems like slowhand to me.

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A kind of threat!

Also *chef's kiss* :
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Not only has Trump been falsely suggesting — without evidence — that he did designate these documents personal records. He couldn’t have done so, because he didn’t know of this theory until over a year after he stole the documents.
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It’s possible that Smith wants to extend Cannon the opportunity to act responsibly (and lawfully).

Repeatedly.

So that when this all gets to the 11th, it’ll be an easy case for her being biases *and* incompetent.