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Indictments from Georgia may come today instead of tomorrow.
I asked Anthony Kreiss (a law prof in Atlanta) when the public would see the indictments and he said as soon as they are filed with the clerk.
In other words: “It was the other guys, not Chesebro.”
Another example: Robert Costello, Giuliani’s attorney said that Giuliani had nothing to do with Sidney’s “Crackpot” ideas: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/08/13/politics/coffee-county-georgia-voting-system-breach-trump/index.html
And, an understatement from the piece: “Prosecutors appear to be only too happy to seize on these divisions”
Prosecutors to potential defendants: There are always buses passing by.
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Evidently last summer, Trump (thinking like a mob boss) was asking which of his advisors were most likely to “crack” under pressure from the feds.
Are there signs of cracking?
In a statement obtained by Rolling Stone, Chesebro’s attorney (Scott Grubman) drew a distinction between the memos his client authored for the campaign and how the campaign acted on them. “Whether the campaign relied upon that advice as Mr. Chesebro intended will have to remain a question to be resolved in court.”
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I've called this the moment defendants start pointing the finger at each other.
The DOJ strategy seems to be this: Indict Trump alone to get to trial quickly.
This will pressure on the co-conspirators who haven’t yet been charged and might like to avoid it. (They’re like, “OMG they really indicted Trump!)
Suddenly these unindicted co-conspirators feel very vulnerable.
As we all learned from the Godfather, the way to get the mob boss is for a highly-placed insider turns on the boss.
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Who goes under the bus?
While social media is shouting Do Something Now and Lock Him Up each time Trump does something unhinged, special counsel’s office has a different idea.
Evidently someone at Rolling Stone has contacts inside Trump’s orbits because they keep coming out with interesting stuff.
Where there are multiple potential defendants, and they start getting worried, they may employ the "Please don't put me in jail; put the other guy in jail" strategy.
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My weekend blog post is ready:
https://terikanefield.com/trumps-social-media-postings/
I posted part of this on Tuesday in response to the reaction to Trump's social media postings.
Also includes
🔹 a review of Reflectors, Entertainers, and Poppers.
🔹updates on the criminal probes
🔹some fun with criminal procedure🤓
Well. nostr:npub1uzx5wnec43exxarpk62pn8ppnejzd5amh5pzgc3rp3vckjd3l58s854p49 and others in Atlanta who are following the court proceedings there are predicting (based on what we've seen with grand juries in Georgia) that we will see indictments on Tuesday.
Trump's rantings on social media about a witch hunt in Georgia for a perfect phone call would seem to confirm this.
Can anyone think of a similar instance of a single person indicted across multiple jurisdictions (New York, GA, South Florida, DC)?
Or is Trump the Winner of Indictments?
Best line yet in the hearing today over the scope of the protective orders and handling of sensitive information in the election interference case:
Thomas Windom: "Trump has shown a tendency to hold onto material that he shouldn't have."
From nostr:npub1wy34venfgx56lntsvn86l25gss5edvf6r3thsxcnc72u53tywzes5fml3q:
. . . if you believe you are entitled to steal an election (and you can get away with it) you're not likely to see a problem with making off with government property, right?
Here is the schedule the government proposes:
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#FunReadingLegalDocuments
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.23.0_5.pdf
The Government filed its required motion suggesting a trial date: Trial to begin January 2, 2024, with jury selection completed before the holidays.
Yup, that's fast.
Factors to consider:
🔹 Time for the defense to prepare.
🔹Public interest in a speedy resolution.
They support with examples of cases of similar complexity getting to trial on that timeline.
It's clear why this case was streamlined with no co-defendants.
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You can expect Trump to want the trial in 2 years 😂
What's clear in the Cannon case, is that she is more open to delays.
Here is what is funny (ironic) about that: Cannon is the judge more likely to manipulate things in Trump's favor and the place where he is more likely to get a sympathetic jury.
It is also likely to come last on the criminal trial calendar.
The Big One is really the Election Subversion" case.
After all . . .
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#FunReadingLegalDocuments
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.23.0_5.pdf
The Government filed its required motion suggesting a trial date: Trial to begin January 2, 2024, with jury selection completed before the holidays.
Yup, that's fast.
Factors to consider:
🔹 Time for the defense to prepare.
🔹Public interest in a speedy resolution.
They support with examples of cases of similar complexity getting to trial on that timeline.
It's clear why this case was streamlined with no co-defendants.
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If you're wondering whether Trump's lawyers in the DC criminal case (attempt to overturn the election) violated local rule 57.7 this is a fairly balanced overview.
You were wondering whether Trump's lawyers violated local rule 57.7, right? 🤓
Everyone knows the standard by now: To get the warrant the government needs to present probable cause to believe there is evidence of a crime in the specific place they are looking.
If there are incriminating DMs in Trump's Twitter Account, here is how the government would know:
A cooperating witness turned over incriminating DMs.
Also nobody knows what the DOJ knows which is one reason investigations are done away from the public view.
So if you try to suppress something that the DOJ knows exists . . . ding.
Similarly, they'd have reason to think someone else was putting out some of his key Tweets concerning the leadup to January 6 from evidence already uncovered.
A few comments about the warrant to search Trump's Twitter account.
A search warrant requires probable cause to believe the search will turn up evidence of a crime.
I would assume that the evidence was in the DMs.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/09/politics/special-counsel-trump-twitter-search-warrant/index.html
Someone asked me if JJ is traveling with me.
No, he is with my stepdaughter who gives him lots of love.
She sent this photo.
Evidently, has been watching out the door for us. 😢
Okay, Mastodon, I did it.
https://terikanefield.com/trumps-social-media-postings/
nostr:npub1v2sycpx32th4h4aude3jq4g0kgj0p2t5062059l0fx0vcn8njs8spcmqq5 asked me to address this:
"People are throwing up their hands and blaming Jack Smith for being too “hesitant” in going after Trump for his social media post. . ."
So I did a full legal analysis on Trump's social media posts along with an explainer.
h/t to nostr:npub18e53j99rexausg43tegmd8u3ayrs2hhajw9dtzup4efz8ypet5qs2eu74q for his additions
Working on it. I am traveling but will try to have it this evening.
https://law-and-politics.online/@GottaLaff@mastodon.social/110849349940051734
John Eastman is "increasingly concerned" he will be indicted by the DOJ.
If I were Eastman, I, too, would be increasingly concerned.
(He's one of Trump's unindicted co-conspirators.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/07/eastman-trump-disbarment-postpone-00110131