Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon handed prosecutors in his Mar-a-Lago case a shocking ultimatum on Monday.

TheĀ MAGA-friendlyĀ federal judge whoĀ keeps sidingĀ withĀ Donald TrumpĀ in his Mar-a-Lago classified records case has forced prosecutors to make a stark choice: allow jurors to see a huge trove of national secrets or let him go.

U.S. District JudgeĀ Aileen M. Cannonā€™sultimatum Monday night came as a surprise twist in what could have been a simple order; one merely asking federal prosecutors and Trumpā€™s lawyers for proposed jury instructions at the upcoming trial.

But asĀ sheĀ hasĀ done repeatedly, Cannon used this otherwise innocuous legal step as yet another way to swing the case wildly in favor of the man who appointed her while he was president.

Department of Justice Special CounselĀ Jack SmithĀ must now choose whether to allow jurors at the upcoming criminal trial to peruse the many classified records found at the former presidentā€™s South Florida mansion or give jurors instructions that would effectively order them to acquit him.

  • TurtleJoe@lemmy.world
    18Ā·
    8 months ago

    The supreme Court has already ruled (deliberately incorrectly) that a candidate cannot be barred from running for federal office unless 2/3 of Congress declares them an insurrectionist.

    (The original language of the amendment says that 2/3 of Congress is required to allow a former insurrectionist to hold office, the SC intentionally got it backwards to allow so the treasonous Rs, not just Trump, who participated in 1/6 to avoid consequences.

    • Ferrous@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      71Ā·
      8 months ago

      So what youā€™re saying is that under our system, fascists are entitled to run for president?

      Trump broke every rule on the book - why canā€™t Joe? The democratā€™s weird-ass obsession with precedent, civility, and the sanctity of American politics (that were devised by 30 year old white slave owners) has made them entirely toothless and ill equipped to deal with fascism. Iā€™ll never understand the liberal position that fascists must, at all costs, be allowed to run in elections. Stomp that shit out.

      • Blooper@lemmynsfw.com
        2Ā·
        8 months ago

        This makes me a bit excited to see a court rule that a sitting president is immune. If that happens (it wonā€™t), I would expect Biden to immediately take full advantage of his newfound powers and publicly announce a dead or alive bounty for a whole slew of right-wing fascists currently holding or running for public office. That particular ruling could really solve this little Nazi problem thatā€™s been developing here in the US.

        ā€œGood news, Mr Trump! Youā€™re off the hook since one of those obviously illegal things you did were crimes because you had presidential immunity. Hey, while I have youā€¦ā€