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Jack Smith should've push the nuclear button on the Trump ass-wipe judge?!! Judge Cannon is foot dragging on this case and should be removed now!
Department of Justice (DOJ) Special Counsel Jack Smith is close to pushing the "nuclear button" in Donald Trump's classified documents case, a legal expert told Newsweek on Wednesday.
Judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed by Trump, has faced scrutiny over her handling of the case in which federal prosecutors charged the former president with 31 counts for allegedly keeping classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges and maintains his innocence, accusing the DOJ of targeting him for political purposes. Critics have called for Cannon to be removed from the case.
Smith wrote that Cannon's proposed jury instructions "rest on an unstated and fundamentally flawed legal premise" in a new court filing this week.
The filing was in response to Cannon's instructions suggesting that Trump may have had a legal right under the Presidential Records Act (PRA) to declare presidential records as personal property after leaving office.
Dave Aronberg, the state attorney in Florida's Palm Beach County, told Newsweek on Wednesday that Smith's response was the "most aggressive" from him to date.
Aronberg added that Smith has "good reason" for his reaction because of Cannon's "erroneous interpretation of the Presidential Records Act that would be a pipe dream for the former president."
"If her jury instructions are adopted, it would mean the end of this case," he said. "Jack Smith is close to pushing the nuclear button to ask the 11th Circuit to intervene and remove Judge Cannon from the case."
Attorney and legal expert Andrew Weissmann predicted in a post to X, formerly Twitter, that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit could reverse her instructions and potentially remove her from the case over the issue.
"I think it will remove her from the case- 3 reversals is more than enough for this inexperienced judge, who gets the law wrong and always in Trump's favor," he posted.
https://www.newsweek.com/jack-smith-aileen-cannon-removal-jury-instructions-1886503
Department of Justice (DOJ) Special Counsel Jack Smith is close to pushing the "nuclear button" in Donald Trump's classified documents case, a legal expert told Newsweek on Wednesday.
Judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed by Trump, has faced scrutiny over her handling of the case in which federal prosecutors charged the former president with 31 counts for allegedly keeping classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges and maintains his innocence, accusing the DOJ of targeting him for political purposes. Critics have called for Cannon to be removed from the case.
Smith wrote that Cannon's proposed jury instructions "rest on an unstated and fundamentally flawed legal premise" in a new court filing this week.
The filing was in response to Cannon's instructions suggesting that Trump may have had a legal right under the Presidential Records Act (PRA) to declare presidential records as personal property after leaving office.
Dave Aronberg, the state attorney in Florida's Palm Beach County, told Newsweek on Wednesday that Smith's response was the "most aggressive" from him to date.
Aronberg added that Smith has "good reason" for his reaction because of Cannon's "erroneous interpretation of the Presidential Records Act that would be a pipe dream for the former president."
"If her jury instructions are adopted, it would mean the end of this case," he said. "Jack Smith is close to pushing the nuclear button to ask the 11th Circuit to intervene and remove Judge Cannon from the case."
Attorney and legal expert Andrew Weissmann predicted in a post to X, formerly Twitter, that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit could reverse her instructions and potentially remove her from the case over the issue.
"I think it will remove her from the case- 3 reversals is more than enough for this inexperienced judge, who gets the law wrong and always in Trump's favor," he posted.
https://www.newsweek.com/jack-smith-aileen-cannon-removal-jury-instructions-1886503
