Trump asks court to delay setting trial date in documents case | CNN Politics
Trump asks court to delay setting trial date in documents case | CNN Politics
Former President Donald Trump’s defense team asked the judge overseeing the classified documents case in Florida to postpone the trial, according to a filing late Monday night, saying there is “no reason for any expedited trial.”
This should be a surprise to nobody. He was expected to try this regardless of the circumstances.
The question is whether or not Cannon will grant the request. If she does, she's going to cement her career as being nothing more than a partisan hack bought and paid for by Trump. If she doesn't, he's going to try to sabotage the trial by turning the MAGA Hate Machine in her direction and let the attacks fly.
Either way, there's a political shitstorm coming.
And what does cementing her career as a trump hack do to her? If it's nothing, then it's all by design
For real, like, has she not already done enough to cement her as a partisan hack? Why would this one more thing make anything different?
And what does cementing her career as a trump hack do to her? If it’s nothing, then it’s all by design
At least we'll know right out of the gate if she's going to at least give the appearance of impartiality by denying the request, or if she's not even going to bother trying to be impartial and just all but tell us to sit back and wait for the eventual acquittal.
It is more than just that - I was reading something earlier that talked about the scheduling of trials in general: State and local trials typically defer to federal trials when there is a conflict. If she choses to delay, the states (NY, possibly GA) will step in and run their trials, which could delay things on the federal calendar. Federal judges do not defer to the states - if she did so, she'd piss off every judge on the federal bench - not just the left leaning ones.
if she did so, she’d piss off every judge on the federal bench - not just the left leaning ones.
This hasn't stopped her before. Remember that the last time she got slapped down, the members of the panel were all GOP. She cares about serving Trump. Pissing off the party in the process is just a cost of doing business.
Shouldn't the election be a reason to expedite trial? So people know the outcome of the trial... this logic feels backwards.
"Hey let's wait on the trial so I can take the time to try to get more power than you and forgive myself of all wrong doing."
That's exactly what Trump is trying to do. We all knew he was going to try this from day one. The only question is whether or not he'd be successful.
And obviously, a logical person would think that the trial should be expedited so the public knows whether or not they're voting for a convicted criminal. But this is Cannon, who has already said Trump deserves special treatment. He's now asking for it. Let's see if she gives it to him.
Fuck Trump!
Depends. Which Trump?
Donald, Donald Jr, or Eric? Fuck no.
Melania? After enough drinks, maaaaaaaaaaaaaybe........
Ivanka? Ok. She's hot. I could deal with that.
This is a common tactic by every defense attorney... Delay, delay, delay. In my opinion unless you have extenuating circumstances, the request should always be denied.
Right. This would be a complete non-story if it were any other judge. But the fact that this is Cannon significantly increases the chances that this request will be granted as she already has a significant history of going out of her way to accommodate Trump and even saying he deserves special treatment because of who he is.
Also, the delay would benefit Trump more significantly than other defendants with his campaign and potentially becoming president or being pardoned by the republican opponent if they win.
Expect this to happen over and over. His legal team are going to stall any and all trials as much as possible, hoping that they can be dealt with after the presidential election.
There is all the reason for an expedited trial. This guy needs to be taken off the roads ASAP.
If Trump wins the election, there won’t be a trial. He will try to pardon himself or have the DOJ to drop the case. I expect he will do everything to delay the trial until after the election.
How can someone vote on a person who literally is being tried for a crime? What in the world have we become?
To be fair, given our current political climate, this is likely going to become a non-issue in the future. We are already seeing the GOP going into revenge mode by launching sham investigations and either pressing or threatening to press criminal charges on political enemies. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see having your political opponents charged with crimes becoming the norm, making voting for someone accused of a crime also becoming the norm as well.
Look at the GOP's "Biden Crime Family" mantra. I wouldn't be surprised if they attempt to press charges against Biden before the election. That way, Trump can say Biden is being charged too, and setting up a situation where voting for an indicted criminal becomes normalized, and therefore "no big deal."
Think of how much Trump and the GOP have normalized all sorts of shady activities in the past few years. Things that would have immediately brought down any other politician before 2015 or so are now just par for the course and don't even make the news most of the time. This would just be another addition to that list.
Not to imply Trump is at all similar, but Martin Luther King was arrested 29 times and even had the FBI tracking him.
The idea that someone who is a convicted criminal or is being tried in a criminal case cannot participate in politics is a very dangerous precedent to set.
What in the world have we become?
I in no way mean this to defend Trump, but being tried for a crime does not mean one is guilty of a crime. And at a very (very) abstract level, even being guilty of a crime does not make a person necessarily unfit for office.