US District Judge Aileen Cannon has canceled tentative plans to hold a hearing on August 25 on a protective order for classified evidence in the Mar-a-Lago documents case against former President Donald Trump.
US District Judge Aileen Cannon has canceled tentative plans to hold a hearing on August 25 on a protective order for classified evidence in the Mar-a-Lago documents case against former President Donald Trump.
Follow up question - what difference is that supposed to make?
It will add years to the proceedings. The Georgia case is already a mess that will take years to litigate, taking it federal will just make it worse.
Federal court also means a federal judge, who will likely throw out large chunks of the indictment, because the indictment is messy. It’s political grandstanding and headline bait. There’s a lot of substance in there, but it’s poisoned with fluff and nonsense, and federal judges hate that shit.
That’s why Jack Smith’s DC indictment is such a work of legal art, because he cannot afford to play fast and loose for the headlines.