Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive
And that goes double for both Traitor tot, and his tame lap poodle judge, Aileen Cannon. They have both been deceiving their asses off, and now it’s about to come back and bite them both on the ass with Hannibal Lecter teeth.
This literally just hit me like a ton of bricks while I was watching Lawrence O’Donnell recapping day two of the three day Motionapalooza that Kindergarten Court Judge Aileen Cannon is holding in Ft. Pierce. It was only when O’Donnell recapped the basic motions that I realized that both Traitor Tot as well as the Divorce Court dropout judge have just hoist themselves on their own petards. Sing along with Murf now!
On Friday she held a day long hearing about a Trump filed motion regarding the legitimacy of the appointment as Special Counsel, including several hours of unheard of oral Amicus arguments before the court. This is imbecilic, since every court, including the Supreme Court with Richard Nixon has ruled that the appointments are constitutionally sound. Today she heard oral arguments on a prosecution motion to change Trump’s bail rules to include a gag order prohibiting him from talking trash about FBI officers involved in the case. Another no brainer, since courts historically give extreme deference to the safety of law enforcement in investigations and trials. In simple legal precedence, neither one of these should have had a hearing, they should have been tossed out with a bench ruling after the paper arguments were filed. But Cannon is a legal imbecile, and now she’s going to rule her way right into her legal imbecile mentor getting her booted off the case. Here’s how.
It has been no secret to anyone that Special Counsel Jack Smith has been jonesing for months now for Cannon to make a ruling, any ruling that would allow him to appeal to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. But the stupid can also be wily, and so she has been hiding her cards, making faux rulings that allow the issue to be revisited at a later time. But Smith needs an actual ruling to appeal. And here’s where El Pendejo Ex Presidente likely does Smith’s heavy lifting for him.
Trump’s legal loi submitted the motion calling into question the legitimacy of Smith’s appointment, and His Lowness’s big mouth gave Smith the opening to file for the gag order. Especially since it was her Lord and Master who filed the first motion, Cannon is going to have no choice but to rule on both of these motions in an expeditious manner.
Decades of case precedent is against her ruling against the legitimacy of Smith’s appointment, and doing so would unleash Smith’s Dogs of War to the 11th Circuit, something Cannon is desperate to avoid. Likewise, longstanding court precedent leans heavily towards the protection of law enforcement in investigations and cases, so Cannon will be hard pressed to deny Smith’s motion for a gag order. Likely she will rule for the prosecution in both matters, while trying to mitigate the damage. And that’s when Trump unintentionally gets Cannon pulled from the case.
Because if Smith wins, the Trump nightmare team will immediately appeal to the 11th Circuit, which Cannon is desperate to avoid. And Trump’s ambulance chasers will immediately file a lengthy appeal stuffed with incomprehensible legal bushwah. Which is the final nail in Cannon’s judicial coffin as far as this case in concerned.
Because Jack Smith will then, in short but measured order, file a response. And in that response, he will not only deal with the Trump teams infantile nonsense, he will also bring up the endless litany of Judge Cannon’s pathetic and sub standard handling of the trial, and her moronic rulings. He will of course remind the 11th Circuit of their having to slap down Judge Cannon not once, but twice, and in especially harsh terms for her mishandling of the Special Master debacle. And if he’s feeling particularly vindictive, and I hope like hell he is, he’ll bring up the media reports of two more senior district judges, including the Chief Judge, requesting her to step aside as too inexperienced for a trial of this complexity, plus the whiff of partiality. This wouldn’t be possible if Trump hadn’t knee-jerked an automatic appeal of the decision.
But here’s the McGuffin. It doesn’t matter which way she rules! Even if she pulls a kamikaze mission and rules for Trump on both of the cases, then it’s Smith that gets the first whack of tarring-and-feathering her with her motion, while respectfully requesting that the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals order her recusal from the case, and to assign it to a more experienced judge in a more centralized venue.
And here’s a bonus 2nd McGuffin for you. Trump and his legal imbeciles are writing their own epitaph, and here’s why. There’s actually no tactical or logical reason for them to appeal either one of these rulings. Cannon has already slow walked this mofo that there is no way the trial can take place before next year. Take the loss, and let her keep doing her job. But Trump reflexively rebels against any sign of defeat, and so he will appeal, and by doing so, will ensure that when he actually goes to trial, it will be before a more senior, non compliant judge more than ready for his bullsh*t. stand up and take a bow, FOOL!
I thank you for the privilege of your time.
Excellent article Murf. Always enjoy reading your work.
Yipeekayee!!! The soothsayer speaks!
LOI letter of intent.
I was wondering how long it would take for cannon and Von Shitzinpants to back themselves into a corner. Surprised it took this long actually but she should have been removed long ago. Ideally she should not have been assigned this trial and even more ideally she should never have been given the judicial post she currently has.
As usual, when cons/xtians get involved in anything, it turns into a shit show.
Nice! Great thinking!!