Sowing chaos, Judge Cannon makes a problematic ruling

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So things that happen outside of her state aren’t valid?

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From a strategic standpoint, It’s interesting to witness how his own compulsive pathology has set the stage for him probably losing his Ace. Self-destructive candidates seem to be in fashion.

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This is just one of TFG’s lawyers creating obfuscation and delay, but without TFG having to pay the lawyer directly.

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Counterpoint: when has TFG ever paid a lawyer or any other retained professional directly?

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IANAL nor american, so, why did the prosecutors choose to bring those charges in florida instead of DC?

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To avoid his request to change venue.

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Also most of the crimes he’s been charged with in that particular indictment took place in Florida. But the great news is that he’s got those other indictments in New York and D.C. so he gets to stand trial in all his favorite places! Plus hopefully Georgia soon too.

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If cannon is smart, she’ll consolidate all the charges all at once, so she can dismiss them in one blow, thus guaranteeing her a good shot at Kagan’s seat on the Supreme court in 2025.

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Somebody please post the related Legal Eagle youtube so I can try to understand this?

Is she claiming that Smith is trying to get grand jury indictments for the same crime in another court?

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It seems that she thinks it’s inappropriate that some of the grand jury work ahead of Trump’s indictment was done by a D.C. grand jury. This isn’t really unusual given that Trump and his co-conspirators have been accused of crimes that took place in both districts, but she’s apparently trying to frame that as something sinister.

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Crimes that occur within one federal district

Are supposed to be tried within that district. When crimes are committed across multiple districts, the charges can be split or the prosecutor can bring the indictment in their choice, but the risk is that the defendent can request a change of venue and have it moved to the other.

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Which, as @jlw said, is not gonna happen in this case. Florida is as friendly a venue as Team Trump is gonna get and everyone knows it.

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My point was that it looks like Smith brought those charges in Florida rather than risk having the trial moved.

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Yes, I think we’re all in agreement there.

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it also sound like just her mentioning that it exists — because the documents were handed over sealed – means that she’s potentially disclosed a new, previously unknown preceding. and that if her ruling stands, the transcripts of that currently secret grand jury would be revealed, undermining it

A stunning new ruling on Monday by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Judge Aileen Cannon that would expose secret grand jury testimony…

MSNBC host and former prosecutor Katie Phang [said]… “If the DOJ filed under seal certain documents, and Judge Cannon just disclosed the existence of an otherwise confidential grand jury proceeding, we might be at the motion for recusal stage for the DOJ…”

personally, i’m not sure if keeping grand juries secret is a good idea. but, regardless ■■■■■ doesn’t deserve any special exceptions.

eta: this has some better coverage. basically, she’s threatening to expose secret testimony:

some interesting tidbits from that:

Her most recent hiccup came in June, when she closed jury selection in a child pornography case. The misstep, an apparent violation of the constitutional right to a public trial, nearly invalidated the proceedings entirely. She also neglected to swear in a prospective jury pool—a mandatory procedure.

and

She’d been a federal prosecutor for seven years, but has only been a part of eight criminal trials that resulted in jury verdicts—four as a prosecutor and four as a judge… She’s spent a total of just 14 days in trial as a federal judge.

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… mutant lawyers know what’s going on?

@atl @anon23281680 @rocketboy1971 anybody else

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Wish I could help on this one but criminal procedure – not least multidistrict criminal procedure – is a complete blindspot for me.

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