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Sometimes, it feels like Trump will never be held accountable. This is one of those times.
Judge Cannon contorts the law to help Trump
In a decision that cannot be logically connected to either justice or the law, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon agreed to Donald Trump’s request for a special master in the DOJ investigation of the stolen documents Trump “stored” in his basement.
This is the same basement, accessible by an unknown number of employees, guests, and potential spies, that security cameras show Trump going in and out of over the nearly two-year period since he moved to Mar-a-Lago from the White House.
It’s also the basement attached to the resort where a Chinese woman suspected of being a spy was caught attempting to gain access by pretending to be a guest wishing to use the swimming pool.
And it’s the basement associated with the golf course where the fake Rothschild family member played golf (and posed for photos) with Lindsey Graham and Donald Trump before we knew she was a fake Rothschild family member.
Suffice it to say, the security is not good at Mar-a-Lago, and the company is worse.
Despite all of the above, Judge Cannon has concluded that the legal search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, resulting in the recovery of hundreds of documents belonging to the government, has given the American public the impression of unfairness on the part of the DOJ.
Never mind that the FBI searched quietly, without informing the press. Never mind that the only one who contacted the press to publicize this legal process was Donald Trump. Never mind that Trump lied when he said he’d been cooperating with the DOJ. And you might as well completely forget that the person calling this “unfair,” pretending it was “illegal,” and implying he was given no warning before the “raid” is also Donald Trump.
If logic were part of this equation — which it is not — one might ask why the judge would grant a time-consuming special master request rather than ask Donald Trump to stop portraying the DOJ as unfair.
If, as Judge Cannon has said, the perception of unfairness on the part of the DOJ is the problem, Donald Trump could fix that in a heartbeat. But instead of asking Donald Trump to stop mischaracterizing the DOJ, Judge Cannon chose to Grant Trump the special master he requested — a request that pundits and legal experts alike have categorized as absurd, unnecessary, and inappropriate.
Even William Barr, Trump’s former Attorney General and the man who misinterpreted the Mueller report and turned it into a memo vindicating Trump, publicly voiced his disappointment in Judge Cannon’s decision “The opinion, I think, was wrong, and I think the government should appeal it,” Barr told Fox News. “It’s deeply flawed in several ways.”
Barr is not the only one objecting to Judge Cannon’s decision.
On the 9/6/22 episode of MSNBC’s “Deadline Whitehouse,” Joyce Vance does not mince words. She accuses Judge Cannon of doing everything she can to “avoid facts and misinterpret the law.” According to Vance, Cannon shows no respect for precedent or the effect her ruling on this case may have on future precedent.
“She thinks a special master will help with executive privilege — it doesn’t work that way.” Vance predicts that the Judge is setting this up to create delays that will inevitably cause the process to break down. In Vance’s opinion, this judge is ruling in a way that can only have one outcome: to benefit Donald Trump.
Vance’s skewering of Judge Cannon was followed by Claire McCaskill’s tortured attempt to summarize Cannon’s reasoning (or lack thereof) when deciding to enjoin the executive branch.
As McCaskill points out, in Judge Cannon’s decision, Cannon cites Trump’s claim of executive privilege (which he doesn’t have because he isn’t the president anymore) to say that Joe Biden can’t look at the documents that fall under executive privilege.
In other words, the only person with the legal right to decide executive privilege is being told he doesn’t have the right to view a particular subset of documents because they’re covered by executive privilege.
I can hardly say it, let alone understand it.
(And you thought Trump’s lawyers were bad. Get a load of Trump’s Judge.)
There is only one goal of all this legal mumbo jumbo: unnecessary delays in the investigation of criminal activity on the part of Donald Trump — in other words, this is obstruction.
Obstruction of justice is a crime
Trump has spent most of his adult life involved in legal battles. So far, his tactics of denial, deflection, and delay have served him well. He’s also been able to rely on close associates to lie or threaten others on his behalf. The problem Trump has today is that he’s fighting the United States of America. The United States of America will not settle, go away, succumb to Trump’s threats or run out of money.
The United States of America also takes obstruction of justice seriously. Those aiding and abetting Trump will soon realize they must make a choice. Do they tell the truth and expose Trump’s crimes, or do they take the fall for him?
Given Trump’s history of failing to pay his debts, and his willingness to sacrifice others to save himself, I think we all know the answer to that question. It might be different if he were still president and had the power of the pardon — but he isn’t, and he doesn’t.
This is also not the only case against Donald Trump. The DOJ is actively investigating the fake elector scheme and the events of January 6th — including the conspiracies that led to the insurrection that day.
As for stolen documents, those taken from Mar-a-Lago on August 8, during the lawful execution of a search warrant, are not the only documents Trump took illegally when he left the White House.
Whatever delay Judge Cannon’s ruling may create will only apply to the specific documents seized on August 8, not to the boxes that were recovered from Mar-a-Lago in prior FBI visits.
It’s also worth noting that whoever is selected to perform the job of special master will need to be approved by the DOJ. This will prevent Trump from appointing one of his lackeys to the role.
Finally, a delay of two or three months, in this case, will only mean the portion of the investigation involving the review of these specific documents will be on hold until after the midterm elections. Since the FBI has already reviewed them once and has already identified those documents that may be privileged (attorney-client privileged, not executive privileged), the DOJ will hit the ground running the second the special master releases the material.
For all the media attention this is getting, it is just a fly in the ointment. It is annoying and frustrating, but it is also a blatant attempt by Donald Trump to obstruct this investigation. This will not be lost on the Department of Justice.
According to Vance, the biggest casualty of Judge Cannon’s decision may be Judge Cannon herself, whose reputation will likely never recover from her decision to disregard logic and law to help the former president postpone the inevitable.
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