The federal judge in Florida presiding over the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald Trump has canceled the May 20 trial date, postponing it indefinitely.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge in Florida presiding over the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald Trump has canceled the May 20 trial date, postponing it indefinitely.
It must be nice to live in a world where you appoint your own judge. It’s time for Smith to take action. A judge can be removed in “any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned.” This is not impartiality.
He hasn’t filed anything yet. She was way off base asking for jury instructions so early. Not to mention the PRA pre-trial defense was struck down without prejudice, meaning the defense may use it in the trial. Removing the trial from the calendar entirely is the icing on the cake.
While that may explain a lack of impartiality, it doesn’t justify it. She’s held to the same standard as any other judge. All the more reason Smith should file a motion for recusal.
Just because something is supposed to happen does not mean that it will. By all rights Trump should have been kicked out of office and be sitting in jail right now but he isnt. Just like Nixon and a whole cadre of others that slithered away without facing any real consequences.
That standard, on a normal day, is "Hey Judge? Do whatever the fuck you want long as it's legal." on a bad day that legality isn't even a question.
One of the bad things about the US is how you can get a 5 year sentence from Judge A and a court order to do community service from Judge B, both trying you for the same thing.
I don't think anyone was surprised that this was coming, more or less regardless of which judge it was. The original court date was a week and three business days from now, it's entirely possible Trump will literally still be on trial for the hush money case when the trial date for the documents case was set.
I'll be more upset if a hearing to set a new date for the documents trial isn't scheduled shortly after the hush money trial concludes.
This is evidence # 37586682 that all MAGA folks are Russian assets, doing their job to destroy the US from within. Because its textbook ruling as in Russia.
Forget about the hush money, this was far more a priority as it is related to national security. Now the thugs of this world know they have carte blanche with trump. This treasonous PoS should rot in a cell for this.
I totally agree with the importance of this case. It’s the most concerning in my opinion. There is testimony that Trump divulged classified information to Russian intelligence, as well as having sold classified submarine schematics. This case needs to be heard prior to the election, as it’s directly relevant to charging him with access to this information for a second term.
Our legal system has 4 tiers of justice. If you are poor, a person of color or of another lowly respected group, you are too many times presumed guilty.
If you are working class to middle class, and can afford a decent lawyer, you get a middling level of justice. The better that you are able to differentiate yourself from the poor, and appear to look innocent, the better your outcome.
When you enter actual wealth, you can afford to put off trials, get counsel that can enact intensive clogging of the justice system. Prosecutors will be using inordinate resources to try a case and will plea bargain to ridiculous levels to be able to function for the rest of their duties. There is some justice in that what is spent on lawyers will meet or exceed the fines that they may have received otherwise.
The highest tier can always take their money elsewhere. They can purchase citizenship to other countries, including those without extradition, and are nations to themselves. The last two levels are either somewhat above the law, or completely exempt from the rule of law.
What is new is that members of a political party are seen as exempt from law, and that a ruler is exempt from law for life.
It’s by the design of capitalism. If you have more money, you can afford better attorneys and appeals. Trump is bringing the invisible third-tier to light with this case, having appointed the judge in 2020 that’s now presiding over his case.
The judge's reasoning here is that she has a large, backlogged docket of pre trial motions to clear relating to handling evidence that is itself classified at trial.
And she can't really estimate how long it's going to take to resolve all those issues.
Pretrial motions that she is responsible for adjudicating. She even told trump's lawyers to take a slower approach on the motions, telling them to file them one by one instead of all at once. Source
If the judge can't keep her calendar under control she's incompetent and shouldn't be on the bench. If she's not even willing to extract time estimates from counsel then she's abdicating and should be removed from office.
EXACTLY! And I'm SURE if a Poor Criminal did so many Crimes they were needed in multiple court rooms at the same time the courts would do the EXACT SAME THING!