32 posts from Thursday, October 3, 2024

Judge Jeanine Pirro: “There's no question that the Department of Justice has had regulations over the years that say - Whenever there is an Election on a State or National level, you do not release, Number One, an investigation, an Indictment, anything that may impact the Election…This is definitely Election Interference—There's nothing new in this. It's the same old stuff, over and over again. Where Hunter Biden got the benefit of every doubt in every calendar, and every schedule, and every statute of limitations, they're doing whatever they can to hurt Donald Trump.”

Andrew McCarthy: “The point of this was to try to get this information, which has been hashed out again and again before the American people. None of this is new, but the idea was to get the evidence out in a spectacular way as possible. The point of releasing this now can only be to affect the Election. There's no legal need for it.”

Jonathan Turley: “The Supreme Court handed down a major ruling on Presidential Immunity….That's the real question here of why Judge Chutkan, who has said that she will not consider the Election in her decisions, but why she still saw this as the right time to release this…For many, this is sort of a gratuitous act. You don't have to release this before the Election.”

Elie Honig, Chief Legal Analyst, CNN: “First, this is backward. The way motions work — under the federal rules, and consistent with common sense — is that the prosecutor files an indictment; the defense makes motions (to dismiss charges, to suppress evidence, or what have you); and then the prosecution responds to those motions. Makes sense, right? It’s worked for hundreds of years in our courts. Not here. Not when there’s an election right around the corner and dwindling opportunity to make a dent. So Smith turned the well-established, thoroughly uncontroversial rules of criminal procedure on their head and asked Judge Chutkan for permission to file first — even with no actual defense motion pending. Trump’s team objected, and the judge acknowledged that Smith’s request to file first was ‘procedurally irregular’ — moments before she ruled in Smith’s favor, as she’s done at virtually every consequential turn….

….Which brings us to the second point: Smith’s proactive filing is prejudicial to Trump, legally and politically. It’s ironic. Smith has complained throughout the case that Trump’s words might taint the jury pool. Accordingly, the special counsel requested a gag order that was so preposterously broad that even Judge Chutkan slimmed it down considerably (and the Court of Appeals narrowed it further after that). Yet Smith now uses grand-jury testimony (which ordinarily remains secret at this stage) and drafts up a tidy 165-page document that contains all manner of damaging statements about a criminal defendant, made outside of a trial setting and without being subjected to the rules of evidence or cross-examination, and files it publicly, generating national headlines.”

Elie Honig, Chief Legal Analyst, CNN: “Smith’s conduct here violates core DOJ principle and policy. The Justice Manual — DOJ’s internal bible, essentially — contains a section titled “Actions That May Have an Impact on the Election.” Now: Does Smith’s filing qualify? May it have an impact on the election? Of course. So what does the rule tell us? “Federal prosecutors … may never select the timing of any action, including investigative steps, criminal charges, or statements, for the purpose of affecting any election.” Remember, Smith begged the judge to flip the rules on their head so he could file this document first, and quickly — “any action,” by any reasonable definition — with the election right around the corner….

….I’m going to hand this one over to one of DOJ’s most esteemed alums, who explained it this way to the Justice Department’s internal watchdog: ‘To me if it [an election] were 90 days off, and you think it has a significant chance of impacting an election, unless there’s a reason you need to take that action now, you don’t do it.’ Those words were spoken by Sally Yates — former deputy attorney general, venerated career prosecutor, no fan of Trump (who unceremoniously fired her in 2017), and liberal folk hero. As usual, Yates is spot on. And her explanation conveys this indelible truth: If prosecutors bend their principles depending on the identity of their prey, then they’ve got no principles at all.”

Jonathan Turley: “Smith was clearly eager to get this out before the public despite Justice Department policies that encourage prosecutors to avoid acts that would be viewed as trying to influence an election. He is trying to thread the needle in this filing to get around the Supreme Court immunity decision…The new case is to indictments what shrinkflation is to products -- same package just less content. Smith knows that he has a motivated and supportive judge and wants to simply prove the same basic claims on less evidence.”

Thank you to the GREAT SHERIFFS OF MISSISSIPPI!!! DONALD J. TRUMP

“KAMALA HARRIS ON THE TRUMP MIDDLE-CLASS TAX CUTS”

RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/113244167745511114

Heading to Michigan — We’ll be going to North Carolina next week. Date to be determined, because I don’t want to do anything that’s going to interrupt their Rescue efforts.

Great job Ivanka, thank you!

On my way to the Great State of Michigan! Join me live at 3:00PM EDT. Will be on @RSBN, @NewsMax, @realamericasvoice, and Donald J. Trump @Rumble, among others. See you soon—MAGA2024!!! https://rumble.com/v5h8kn9-live-president-trump-in-saginaw-mi.html

PRICES ARE TOO HIGH! THE CONSUMER IS ANGRY AT THIS INCOMPETENT ADMINISTRATION. KAMALA HAS NO IDEA HOW TO BRING PRICES DOWN. SHE IS AFRAID TO EVEN DISCUSS IT WITH THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA. EVEN WORSE THAN HER V.P. CANDIDATE, SHE DOESN’T EVEN HAVE A CLUE….BUT I DO, AND IT WILL HAPPEN FAST!