'In the soup': Ex-federal prosecutor explains how Judge Cannon 'may have actually screwed' Trump

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US District Judge Aileen Cannon of the Southern District of Florida — who was appointed to her lifetime position by then-President Donald Trump — has been roundly criticized for actions perceived as biased in favor of the former president. However, a former federal prosecutor says Cannon's actions may actually be accelerating Trump's legal headaches.

Currently, Trump is scheduled to stand trial in Cannon's court on May 20, 2024 for allegedly mishandling classified documents. However, Cannon's pattern of delaying multiple pretrial procedures suggests that the trial could either be pushed back until after the 2024 election, or — in the event that Trump wins the general election — cancelled altogether. Daily Beast legal correspondent Jose Pagliery recently wrote that earlier this month, Cannon "pushed back what might have been a one- or two-day meeting with prosecutors to review classified documents until February." Legal experts say these delays will almost certainly mean a May 20 trial date won't be feasible.

During a recent appearance on political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen's podcast, former Assistant US Attorney Glenn Kirschner opined that Judge Cannon's delays may actually be what delivers speedy justice in another jurisdiction. Because Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis recently announced she would seek an August 5 trial date for Trump and his co-defendants, Kirschner argued that Cannon "may have actually screwed" the former president by "opening up his schedule."

"Judge Cannon may have been trying to help Donald Trump out a little bit, [but] she may have put him right in the soup," Kirschner said of Cannon's pretrial delays. "[Cannon] may have delayed Donald Trump right into an August RICO trial date."

https://www.alternet.org/judge-cannon-screwed-trump/

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1. If he wins it will be cancelled, first I heard that.

[LymphocyteLover]

3. Really? That's all I ever heard for months now. If Trump somehow wins, he will destroy

the rule of law along with our democracy

[LymphocyteLover]

2. let's hope!

[Chainfire]

4. Without a conviction, Trump goes into the elections with a "plausible" claim that he is has been

persecuted for the past four years, but not tried. He will claim that that is evidence of his innocence that "they haven't tried him because they have no real evidence." If he enters the office without a conviction, he will use the power of the presidency, and the backup to the Supreme Court to delay any further issues until his term is over. Trump's legal team knows that their job is to delay and that is what they will do. These court cases all started too damn late to conclude before the election and most of us have known it for at least a year. We can not depend on the courts to rid us of this plague. We will have to defeat him at the polls and then in the courts.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Delay, if elected? No, tRump will squash any outstanding charges in an authoritarian way

He's a fascist by nature.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. People have a right to a speedy trial too. Jack Smith seems to be

Special Counsel Smith seems to be eager to advance the J6 DC case in an orderly efficient manner and Judge Chutkan seems to have the same philosophy.