Trump's Lawyer Says It'd Be 'Unfair' to Make Him Face Consequences Before Election
Source: yahoo
Jeremy Childs Fri, March 1, 2024 at 1:25 PM CST·3 min read
The start date for the Florida trial on Donald Trumps mishandling of classified documents is in the hands of a judge the former president appointed to the federal circuit.
The trial, currently scheduled to begin May 20, is likely to be delayed after prosecutors and defense attorneys met at a federal courthouse in Fort Pierce, Florida, on Friday.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, appointed by Trump to the Southern District of Florida in 2020, said the timeline proposed by prosecutors for a trial this summer was unrealistic.
The hearing ended Friday without a new start date, though Cannon said the proposed schedule needs some space and flexibility, according to CNN.
Prosecutors currently seek a July 8 start date for the trial, while Trumps attorneys are asking for the case to be delayed until after the November election. One Trump attorney, Todd Blanche, said it was unfair to have a trial ahead of the election...................................................................................
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-lawyer-says-d-unfair-192521042.html
I think it is unfair that I and all voters do not have a jury verdict by the election date. damn.
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lastlib
(23,364 posts)This trial gets TOP priority!
samplegirl
(11,522 posts)to look at the Covid killer everytime we turn on our tv.
91 indictments the guy should of been locked up
by now!!
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)Meanwhile here on Earth, this desperation is hilariously bad!!!!!
usaf-vet
(6,233 posts)The day "GOD" decided tfg time is up. I predict it will become a national holiday.
COL Mustard
(5,960 posts)Woo woo!
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,996 posts)I quit drinking but on the day of TFGs demise, Ill enjoy some cold beer!
electric_blue68
(15,012 posts)Galraedia
(5,028 posts)Notice how none of these people think it would be to Trump's advantage to go to trial and be acquitted because they know he's guilty as sin. That's well established. His own defense isn't even that he didn't do it just that he shouldn't be held accountable.
William Seger
(10,792 posts)Is that a legal argument?
Why do these judges put up with this garbage? There Is no fair/unfair in court. What the hell is going on in our courts?!
Put Trump in the well and try his ass.
rsdsharp
(9,229 posts)Blue Owl
(50,565 posts)machoneman
(4,016 posts)jimfields33
(16,093 posts)Its crazy. I hear the March 20th trial is on hold. Ridiculous!!!!!
Dem2theMax
(9,659 posts)kacekwl
(7,025 posts)And of course they will find a fucked up court that will agree with him and off we go. If we had a respectable justice system this prick would have been locked up years ago. What a sad state this country is in.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)It's so unfair!
How about the hard work our intelligence people did to get all that information, that you completely blew because of your ego, Donnie? Now that's unfair!
How many of our intelligence people's covers were blown, or how many DIED because of your dumbfuckery, Donnie? Now that's unfair!
How about the money it's costing the taxpayers for the investigations and trials for the crimes you committed, Donnie? Now that's unfair!
Life is unfair for most people, Donnie. Especially with assholes like YOU screwing them into the ground.
If you can't do the time, dont do the crime. You're entitled to a fair trial, asshole. Unfortunately.
Justice delayed is justice denied, asswipe. Go to trial.
I remember another president who told us HE wasn't a crook. Guess what? HE WAS! I have an overwhelming suspicion you are too. Let's have your trial ASAP and see how innocent you are, shithead.
Evolve Dammit
(16,812 posts)3825-87867
(858 posts)why is it unfair?
cstanleytech
(26,347 posts)If it did the Court system would grind to a halt as people announced that they are running for office.
BlueKota
(1,860 posts)It might wake the courts up to the danger of letting this argument stand, and show those members of the public who have been ambivalent so far, how crack pot, an idea it is.
Martin68
(22,949 posts)IronLionZion
(45,623 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,686 posts)He says he doesn't have time for court trials now because he has to campaign (no he doesn't), but after the election he won't have time because he's appealing, recounting, protesting, and recounting again. Trump will NEVER have time for a trial!!!
The Wizard
(12,556 posts)political doubletalk.
BlueKota
(1,860 posts)Donny has never played fair, so he must not want to be treated fairly either.
purr-rat beauty
(543 posts)What's unfair is letting Justice slip through his slimy fingers and those of his SUCKpreme Court and magaT miscreants
If this country falls into an autocratic, authoritarian, or despotic state....every single one of these fuckers who fueled this pathetic excuse for a human's quest for legitimacy through exploitation should face EXCEPTIONAL Justice.
this shit is unbelievable.
twodogsbarking
(9,907 posts)Justice matters.
(6,955 posts)The fact he knew how deadly it was and chose to lie about it and tried to use it for political gain was unfair.
The fact his abject negligence caused hundreds of thousands to die isolated from their loved ones was unfair.
The fact that the lawful "speedy trial" rule in National Security related cases is delayed is unfair.
PortTack
(32,820 posts)Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)Ocelot II
(115,974 posts)He doesn't have a special dispensation from the legal process to allow him to pursue his political career goals. Can I rob a bank, file paperwork to run for a political office, then complain that being arrested, charged and tried for bank robbery is unfairly interfering with my campaign? Didn't think so...
AllaN01Bear
(18,726 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,726 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,035 posts)to delay justice any further. Let the trials proceed.
pandr32
(11,639 posts)Novara
(5,870 posts)Then they'd hurry up. AND declare that a president doesn't have immunity to boot.
SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)VGNonly
(7,521 posts)are a bunch of nasty liar liar pants on fire poopie heads
WAAAHH!!!
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COL Mustard
(5,960 posts)President-elect, who can't be prosecuted during his term, or they'll suddenly announce that he's too old and feeble to be prosecuted...it wouldn't be fair, donchaknow?
chouchou
(655 posts)Ok...if man is still alive...
DallasNE
(7,404 posts)Their idea of "fair" is getting away with breaking the law - 91 times.
PortTack
(32,820 posts)American ppl while president .just for starters!
Rhiannon12866
(206,676 posts)melm00se
(4,998 posts)bloody obvious:
Delay, delay, delay until he has the requisite number of delegates to secure the Republican nomination (which will happen sometime in mid-March).
Then shift to a "This judgment belongs in the hands of the People come election day" position which the courts may very well accept being able to hide behind the "Political Question" doctrine.
There has never been an American politician with this much of a Machiavellian bent.
RussBLib
(9,056 posts)...these attorneys. Nothing they won't try.