Saying that a president of the united states has total immunity from prosecution from anything that happens during their presidency would be jack smith s criminal case against donald trump in florida for that illegal possession of classified material in violation of the espionage act, after he was president. that is a case presided over by a judge appointed by donald trump who so far could not have been more friendly in her rulings in the case to donald trump and his defense lawyers. that federal judge appointed by donald trump, eileen mercedes cannon, has full discretion on sentencing in the case, with no mandatory minimum sentence. and so, she is unlikely it appears to sentence trump or his codefendants to any form of confinement, even if they are found guilty in her courtroom. just about everything that really matters to criminal defendant donald trump is at stake in tomorrow s hearing
Just one day later, senator lindsey graham would make a phone call to the georgia secretary of state, asking raffensperger if he had the power to throw out mail-in ballots from certain counties. so, a whole lot of wild things were happening on and around november 12th of 2020. and in the middle of all of that, on that day, that senate made an incredibly consequential decision that went virtually unnoticed at the time. some nomination in the judiciary, eileen mercedes cannon to the florida for the united states district judge for the southern district of florida. are there any senators in the chamber wishing to change their vote? when the nays are 21, the nomination is confirmed. that was the moment the senate voted to confirm a young assistant u.s. attorney named aileen cannon, to a lifetime appointment on the federal judiciary.
Court about the documents. the justice department has filed a new appeal to completely reverse the order of a special master review in the case. the justice department told the court, that the trump appointed judge eileen mercedes cannon, heard in ordering a special master review for claims, on executive in attorney-client privilege in during the government s use of the seized records in the meantime. plaintiffs has no basis to assert executive privilege, to conclude review of executive branch documents, by the very executive branch in whose name the privileges invokes. the uncontested record demonstrates that the search was conducted in full accordance with a judicially authorized warrant, and there has been no violation of plaintiffs rights, let alone a callous disregard for the plaintiffs, has failed to meet his verdun
But this judge who gave him a special master, she quickly got reversed on a notion that the most serious departments at the justice department isolated the ones with serious national security sensitivity should be subject to the special master view so the quarter appeals rejected trump s claims and to those three judges were actually appointed by donald trump. donald trump then took that up to the supreme court where he lost last week yet again, and the supreme court said these hundred documents are not subject to special master review and the like. now, the department is taking a bigger appeal, and said all the rest of judge cannon s 19,000 people are so, the special master should have been appointed for that, and that is a devastating appeal brief. and it s got a brief, lawrence, as i ve read. and trump is finally seeing after a supreme court loss last week, the most judges don t
Following the keepers trial from inside the courtroom every day. he s going to explain the text messages we re gonna introduce today that are under discussion. . neal katyal were gonna begin with you and the appeal that the justice department has filed for the 11th circuit to completely throughout the special master in the documents case, what do you make of that? it s an incredibly powerful appeal lawrence, remember trump asked for the special master, which nobody usually gets, you know i would never get it. but this judge who gave him a special master, she quickly got reversed on a notion that the most serious departments at the justice department isolated the ones with serious national security sensitivity should be subject to the special master view so the quarter appeals rejected trump s claims and to those three judges were actually appointed by donald trump. donald trump then took that up to the supreme court where he lost last week yet again, and the supreme court said these hundred documents are not subject to special master review and the like. now, the department is taking a bigger appeal, and said all the rest of judge cannon s 19,000 people are so, the special master should have been appointed for that, and that is a devastating appeal brief. and it s got a brief, lawrence, as i ve read. and trump is finally seeing after a supreme court loss last week, the most judges don t take too kindly to poorly crafted legal arguments and