The first debate in just two weeks. Then the calendar thereafter littered with debates and caucuses, primaries and convention. Does that mean that trump should not be tried before the election . No. The cases should proceed as they would were the candidate not a president ial candidate. They should not be postponed because of the election, in which he has chosen to run. But nor should they be expedited. I have noted here before that theres a long and Noble Tra Jigs at doj of not wanting to act in a way that might be perceived as political. Five recent attorneys general, republicans ask democrats, have all signed the same memo affirm lg the importance of keeping politics out of criminal charges. A republican in 2008, eric holder in 2012 and Loretta Lynch in 2016, bill barr in 2020 and mek garland just last year, they have all used the same language, include ing this paragr quote, simply put, politics must play no role in the decisions the federal investigators or prosecutors regarding a
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resolution. it s certainly a matter of public importance, but why did it merit more prompt resolution than any other case. according to trump, it s because the feds want their say before the american people get eirs. deranged jack smith has just asked for a trial on the biden indictment to take place on january 2nd. such a trial says trump should only happen, if at all, after the election. the same with the other fake biden indictments, election interference. if friday s hearing address ed the issue of trump being a candidate telling his attorney the fact that he is running a political campaign current ly hs to yield to the administration of justice. and if that means he can t say exactly what he wants to say in political speech, that s just how it s going to have to be. he also responded to defense complaints about the timing saying, i see a desire to move this case along, adding that she hasn t seen any evidence that
heard before americans vote. the mote reese indictment lists six unindicted coconspirators, and it s true, that might be a strategy used to get those individuals to flip. but unless and until such time is they are indicted, it makes the case against donald trump much more straight forward, much more streamlined for trial. the purpose of friday s hearing was to discuss a doj request for protective order, which if granted, will similarly accelerate the pretrial discovery process in that case. which reminds me in the mar-a-lago case, much more information has been given to the trump defense lawyers than they are entitled to at this stage pretrial. in the january 6th case, the special counsel s office on thursday told the judge they would be ready for trial this coming january 2nd. that s a sprint. and it means among the three existing cases, this one would go first that the feds indicted
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