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A primary aim for Trump’s legal team, according to people familiar with the strategy, is to put the judge in DC overseeing the 2020 federal election obstruction case, Tanya Chutkan, in a position where she can’t start a trial before Election Day

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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 82 points 6 months ago (4 children)

This is just ragebait. Trump's legal team is about as competent as a bucket of dirt. The judges aren't stupid, excepting Canon, and she's in hot water as it is with how she's running her courtroom.

CNN's owners are all-in trying to get Trump reelected, so take anything they put out this year as in service of that goal. This article reads like someone trying to make Trump look stronger than he is, rather than a sniveling coward, backed into a corner, trying anything and everything to delay.

[–] spider@lemmy.nz 12 points 6 months ago

CNN’s owners are all-in trying to get Trump reelected

...while pretending to do the exact opposite.

(At least CBS' former CEO was honest about it.)

[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 months ago

This comment is a breath of fresh air

[–] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Thanks for seeing through the bs.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

Trump's legal team in the civil cases is pathetic. The lawyers in the DC case are relatively competent (eg they have successfully gotten the supreme Court to halt the case by squatting on the immunity appeal).

Crooked judges gonna crook.

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 29 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Reminder: CNN's current CEO is a traitor & has a vested interest in a Trump dictatorship.

The Federal courts are well aware of Trump's delay strategies & so far only Canon is playing his game. Canon will very likely be removed from this trial with her upcoming FISA screw-up.

This prosecution road map is still on track, in fact we are ahead of schedule due to Trump not opting for an appeal recently.

[–] MobBarley700@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

that's just stupid if everyone knows why he's doing it, why in the holy hell would they allow it unless it's all just theater ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 5 points 6 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


One way to hamper Chutkan is to convince the judge in Florida, Aileen Cannon, to move Trump’s Mar-a-Lago document mishandling trial from late May until the summer.

But a gradually shifting calendar could be just as effective at shielding Trump from other trials through the summer, multiple sources familiar with the former president’s legal strategy told CNN.

And the prosecutors and defense teams are engaged in protracted court fights over access to evidence – classified records and information from far corners of the federal government – that Cannon still has to resolve.

She drew bipartisan criticism in the legal world for how she handled an earlier part of the case and has moved slowly to resolve the pretrial issues.

When July nears, Trump’s team or the special counsel’s office could ask Cannon again to move the Mar-a-Lago trial back, and she may consider it because of the complexities in the case.

New York state Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing Trump’s hush money criminal case, disclosed publicly he had been in touch with Chutkan as recently as this month.


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[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why would the judge care? Just start as well. He has different lawyers so they can represent him. The prosecution needs to start anyway, so just get going.

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Because for a criminal proceeding, the accused must appear. Can't be in two places at once.

[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Do it on alternating days.. have him fly up and down. He's a billionaire he can afford it.