In a scathing filing, the special counsel pushed back on Judge Aileen Cannonā€™s interpretations of laws that could define the case against Trump

Special CounselĀ Jack SmithĀ went toe-to-toe with U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon over her requests for jury instructions inĀ Donald Trumpā€™sĀ classified documents case.

In aĀ scathing filingĀ submitted Tuesday, Smith accused Cannon of operating on an ā€œunstated and fundamentally flawed legal premiseā€ when she requested that the parties in the case draft different versions of their proposed jury instructions based on their competing interpretations of laws governing classified materials and presidential records.

Trump has argued that his retention of classified documents after his ouster from the White House was perfectly legal. Claiming that he both unilaterallyĀ telepathically declassifiedĀ the documents, and that they were simply personal records he was already authorized to take. The former presidentā€™s trial on 40 charges related to his alleged mishandling of the documents is scheduled to begin in May, but willĀ likely be delayed.

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      3 months ago

      I guarantee that itā€™ll come back to bite her. The judiciary does not take kindly to rogue judges.

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        3 months ago

        Ahh yes. Just like all those penalties for Matthew Kacsmaryk that will arrive aaaaany day now.

        Federal judges serve for life. Thereā€™s not a whole lot anybody can do about this.

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    3 months ago

    Soā€¦everyone in the world saw this coming. Everyone except Jack.

    Trump just needs to delay another 6 months and he won.

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        The polls say otherwise, and Iā€™m not convinced the Dā€™s arenā€™t just throwing it at this point. Not having to do shit and saying ā€œTrump Badā€ is lucrative.