Mastodawn

Laffy Jun 21, 2024

“District Judge Aileen #Cannon appeared skeptical of Donald #Trump’s arguments that #JackSmith’s appointment as special counsel didn’t meet constitutional requirements, but she also displayed what has been a common distrust of the prosecutors during a day-long session Friday..

🤦🏻‍♀️🙄…Cannon did not say when she would rule on the issue.” #legal

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/21/politics/aileen-cannon-trump-classified-documents-special-counsel-constitutional-hearing?cid=ios_app

Judge Aileen Cannon pushes Trump’s lawyer to defend claim that special counsel is part of a ‘shadow government’

One day after it was reported that two federal judges urged Judge Aileen Cannon not to oversee the classified documents case against Donald Trump, three days of hearings began that could determine the future of the charges against the former president.

CNN

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Nonya Bidniss 🥥🌴Jun 21, 2024

@GottaLaff I'm guessing she'll put it off until after the election. Just a wild guess. If not this, something else. Whatever keeps him from accountability appears to be the best choice in her book. I worked with classified through my entire govt career and this just burns me every day. It really burns.

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Marc Criley

@Nonya_Bidniss @GottaLaff Same. The post-2016 annual security refresher training sessions suddenly became online only. Couldn't help but think the trainers didn't want to deal with any uncomfortable audience questions about the shit going on in the White House at the time.