Judge Cannon rejects request for gag order against Donald Trump in classified docs case | CNN Politics
Judge Cannon rejects request for gag order against Donald Trump in classified docs case | CNN Politics
Federal Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday rejected special counsel Jack Smith’s request for a gag order against Donald Trump in the classified documents case, saying that prosecutors’ request was “wholly lacking in substance and professional courtesy.”
This woman is shameless
145I hope history will be harsh towards her.
64I hope contemporary will be harsh towards her.
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she's doing exactly what she was appointed to do.
I still find it mind-boggling that she's even participating in the case, much less judging (adjudicating?) it.
12if the court rules are that both sides are supposed to talk to determine what is reasonable to discuss and not discuss, and the prosecutor just totally ignored that because "who cares" and Trump is clearly out of line, then the prosecutor still ignored the court rules. good for that judge for asserting that prosecutors can't just do whatever they want. i thought her words were actually funny and clever. she's pointing out that the rules specify it's really supposed to be a meaningful attempt, not just faking it or ignoring it or trivially trying to say they tried. A gag order is a big limit to free speech, I wish they were never even allowed, but she's at least being sensible with this and rejecting it on a limited basis based on procedural reasons
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So a judge appointed by Trump doesn't want to tell Trump to shut up? Who would have ever guessed.
90Yes appointed by Trump but confirmed by 11 Democrats and 45 Republicans. And we could say those not in the roll call tacitly voted to confirm so that's another 13 Democrats who confirmed her. Trump can get fucked, but just like Biden, the president was/is not solely responsible for what happens in the world.
12I guess this is the good preview of what the case would devolve to.
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From the article:
"In a brief order, Cannon slammed prosecutors for not following the court’s rules by failing to meaningfully confer with Trump’s defense lawyers about a potential gag order before making the request."
Maybe it's just me but this sounds an awful lot like she's denying the motion because the prosecutors......didn't ask the Trump team for permission to file the motion? Am I reading that right? The prosecution needs permission from the defense to file a motion for a gag order?
Lawyers, please tell me that Cannon is once again just being extraordinarily stupid. This can't be normal, right? To me, this is like a domestic abuse victim having to ask the abuser for the right get a restraining order.
75As I understand it, they don't need to ask permission, but they need to make an actual attempt at a diplomatic resolution before making the formal request. If that doesn't go to their liking, then they would speak to the judge.
It should have been a formality, because in all likelihood, the defense would have politely told the prosecutors to get fucked, but they really shouldn't have skipped that step.
28Your honor, I have a hundred examples of Trump violating gag orders from/checks notes/ the past 2 weeks. Asking them would be an insult in the first place.
14Maybe it's a good way to test the waters to add to their concrete examples of bias.
It's not like they expect the gag order to be followed or enforced anyway. Judge Merchan has enough issues with that, and we already know Cannon will have less than no interest.
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This is what "justice" is for the rich. The rest of us would be serving time in double digits by now. They just get the judges in their pockets to pull strings.
26just
This is what leads me to worry you're oversimplifying something. Is it cool if we avoid the generalizations here? We can all confidently say Mr Trump isn't a very upstanding cretin, but don't let him take your rep down.
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It really depends on what these rules are
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Cannon said "that prosecutors’ request was 'wholly lacking in substance and professional courtesy' ”
IMAX levels of projection there.
66Anyone else tired of that smug headshot every news article uses of her? If this woman a recluse? How are there no other photos of her?
46That’s probably the official photo published by the government.
8I just assume she has resting smug face.
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So, uh...we going to plan protests yet, or...
When does all this become too much for the left? Cause I gotta say: We are being VERY lenient so far. We basically look at the Republicans and go "Okay, act like babies. We'll just rise above it." and gotta say: It isn't working.
I'm pretty hard against Trump and the Republican Party. I support Progressive policies and laws regardless of where they come from. What really irks me is how damned unresponsive people on the Left are. I feel like all we do is talk about what-if's and what-could-be's. Hell, part of me was surprised Gaza caused any protest at all with how damned passive everyone over here so often is in comparison to the raving lunatics over on the Right. It's appalling and frustrating.
32The moment leftists actually protest, right wingers and centrists (Biden) will happily send in the military to give em the Black Panthers treatment
Meanwhile right wingers are allowed to do whatever they want, up to and including Jan 6th
22Meanwhile Georgia is in the process of passing a law to label outside organizations as foreign agents and they had immediate protests. We're having our justice and political system blatantly turned toward service of a minority political faction lead by a fascist criminal and we think it would be inappropriate to demand they act differently.
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Bought bitch balks behind bench. Film at 11
29what a goddamn joke, she has literally NO qualifications to be a judge let alone a judge for one of the most important cases in the history of the fuckin country.
Absolutely pathetic, everybody in the goddamn law profession should be ashamed. Nothing but clowns
22She's exceptionally competent in one area of law: fucking it up.
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Next time Trump and repubes whine about unfair and rigged courts - show them this exhibit A.
Judiciary is politically motivated and republicans are solely to blame for it.
17They'll say she's fair. There's not a hypocrisy gotcha that's going to get them to change their course.
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Democrats that confirmed Canon.
Tom Carper of Delaware
Chris Coons of Delaware
Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada
Dianne Feinstein of California
Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
Doug Jones of Alabama
Tim Kaine of Virginia
Patrick Leahy of Vermont
Joe Manchin of West Virginia
Chris Murphy of Connecticut
Jacky Rosen of Nevada
Mark Warner of Virginia
15Dianne Feinstein
no surprise here, the geriatric was probably half awake thinking she was home watching tv
1Did they vote yes or were they just on the committee?
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Because of course she did.
13she is reaping the every living fuck out of this.
Wonder what she is going to inevitably sow...
12Isn’t that backwards?
13it follows the wording of the original phrase. Which does mean it's backwards, but i think it's funnier that way.
2Nope. She's reaping what he sowed. What comes next is being sown now.
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Rotten to the core.
11So we can add another name to the rich and/or powerful who get to abuse our justice system for their own personal ends with nary a consequence in sight.
I gotta tell you, this is becoming the thing I'm most ashamed of about the current state of our country, and that's saying something, because I've got a pretty long list.
7This is the best summary I could come up with:
Federal Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday rejected special counsel Jack Smith’s request for a gag order against Donald Trump in the classified documents case, saying that prosecutors’ request was “wholly lacking in substance and professional courtesy.”
This story is breaking and will be updated.
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7Cannon lacks substance and professionalism of any kind.
6When is the prosecution allowed to appeal(?) for a different judge due to obvious bias for the defense?
5Wow, she's a real loose cannon1.
1 I mean how could you not?
3Shocked, just shocked.
2Other shoe will drop immediately. Fuck you, Cannon.
2This furthers the argument that all judges should be elected
-12No, no, no, a thousand times no to this idea.
Do you really want judges making rulings based on what is the reddest of red meat for their base so they can get re-elected? Because that would be a great way for rural states to quickly become live-action versions of the Handmaid's Tale in record time. Cannon herself would likely be re-elected based on how she's handled the Trump case so far; if anything, having to worry about re-election would probably make her more brazenly corrupt, not less because it would be Trump's base that would be putting her back on the bench.
23Dude ...look around...we are already at what you're describing when it comes to Republican leaning judges.
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Trump was elected.
13"elected"
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No, it is a good argument for the congressional review process to actually pay attention to who is being nominated.
7That gets you Roy Moore...
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