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{19.07.2023}In a tiny Ft. Pierce, FL courtroom packed with journalists, MAGA jurist Aileen Cannon heard arguments for indefinitely delaying Don 'Legit's' trial for unlawfully retaining classified national security secrets and obstruction of justice. According to a Wall Street Journal reporter at the scene on Tuesday, Cannon sided with the defense team on the December 11th date suggested by the government. She emphasized the amount of evidence and laborious classification procedures made that date unrealistic. She did not accept the defense's argument that their client could not get a fair trial before the election. Significantly, Cannon did not set a trial date from the bench, saying only she would rule "promptly". Then she denied the government's request for a protective order on the grounds that the Government did not adequately confer with defense counsel when it was the defense counsel that dodged a meeting with DOJ. Based on her questions during the Tuesday hearing, she is leaning towards declaring the case "complex" that would further slow the process towards trial.
So we are waiting again, thanks to a judge who is clearly sympathetic to the defendant, and facing a potential juror pool full of his fanatical MAGAites. Every day of delay brings the Ochre Menace closer to the election and a political shield against prosecutions. However, it seems that Jack Smith is set on bringing some charges for the most serious crime, a nationwide conspiracy to overthrow the United States Government, before the 2024 election begins in earnest. Smith sent Individual One a "TARGET" letter informing him that he is the focus of the Washington DC grand jury investigating the January 6th attempted coup. These letters are usually a step before a true bill is handed down. Apparently, Smith will stop short of charging him with fomenting an insurrection to prevent the peaceful transfer of power. Because Trumpilini is an expert of circumlocution and innuendo, time constraints may prohibit Smith from attempting to prove a more complicated crime heavily dependent on evidence of specific intent to incite violence. Nevertheless, US Person expects Smith to charge Trumpilini with conspiracy, attempting to defraud the United States, and obstruction of an official proceeding. These charges arise from his leading the fake elector scheme, pressuring state officials to find more votes, and attempting to obtain the Vice President's collaboration in stopping the electoral vote count.
At the state level, the Michigan Attorney General announced felony charges against 16 political activists and party officials for forgery and conspiracy to commit forgery. These individuals participated in the attempt to submit false certification that they were Michigan's "duly elected and qualified electors" to the Vice President counting the votes in Congress. Michigan's electoral votes were won by Joe Biden. The Attorney General Dana Nessel said each of the defendants knew that the certifications was false. Those charged include Meshawn Maddock, who served as co-chair of the state Repugnant Party, and Kathy Berden, a member of the Repugnant National Committee. Maddock claimed the charges were a personal vendetta and part of a "coordinated national effort to stop Trump". Investigations are still on-going in Georgia and Arizona. It appears Fulton County, Georgia DA Fani Willis will obtain an indictment next month for similar criminal activity in Georgia. The former guy and criminal defendant could potentially be confronting four criminal indictments before the end of this year. Mafiosi got nothing on Don 'Legit'!
The Michigan fake electors gathered on December 14, 2020 to sign false certifications after the electors pledged to Biden met in the state capitol and signed the actual certifications. These electors were approved by the State Board of Canvassers and their certifications transmitted to Washington for counting at a joint session of Congress. The Eastman plan supported by Trump partisans and approved by Trump was to create the illusion of disputed slates of electors in seven swing states that would cause the Vice President to submit a disputed election to the House of Representatives pursuant to the Twelve Amendment where Repugnants have a majority of state delegations. Ms. Nessel began investigating this scheme in early 2021, but because of the interstate aspects of the conspiracy, referred the investigation to federal law enforcement in January 2022. However, due to inaction by the DOJ, she re-opened the case this year.