Former
New York Assistant Attorney General Adam Pollock said U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon was "stacking the deck" in favor of Donald Trump. On Sunday, Pollock told MSNBC's Alex Witt that special counsel Jack Smith would comply Monday after the judge requested jury instructions in a way experts say misstates the law and the case. "He has to comply with the order," Pollock explained. "He'll get an order back from the court about these jury instructions... Then he'll have an appealable order." The former prosecutor noted that Smith may appeal before a trial date is set for the case. "This is completely putting the cart before the horse," he said. "The judge is signaling, as she has signaled from the get-go, that she doesn't believe in this case, that she doesn't believe the case is warranted, and she's stacking the deck in favor of the defendant." ALSO READ: 11 ways Trump doesn't become president "So, is there anything that Jack Smith can do to get this case moving along?" Witt wondered. "He has successfully appealed prior orders from this judge to the appellate court, and the appellate court has, on multiple occasions, reversed this judge," Pollock replied. "I would expect that if there is an order on these jury instructions, as she's already signaling she is likely to order, that he'll go right back to the appellate court." Cannon, appointed by Trump, has faced reversal by an appeals court after initially ruling in Trump's favor regarding handling classified documents. Cannon, a member of the Federalist Society, was confirmed to the federal bench in November 2020 with limited experience as a lawyer. Her decision came into the spotlight after federal agents searched Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in
Florida, uncovering classified documents. Cannon agreed with Trump's lawyers to halt the FBI's review of these records until an independent third party could examine them. This move was met with criticism, including from
William Barr, Trump's former attorney general. The appeals court later overturned Cannon's decision, stating she had no authority to appoint a special master to review the documents. This ruling came as Trump faced charges for illegally retaining classified documents and obstructing justice. Judge Aileen Cannon 'stacking the deck' for Trump www.youtube.com It's just a video on social media. That's what Trump's former special assistant said about the ex-president sharing a video that includes an image of President
Joe Biden tied up on his side with a bullet hole through his head. Marc Lotter, who also served as a press secretary to Vice President
Mike Pence and then became president of a communications firm, appeared on
CNN to discuss Trump's latest actions. Specifically, he was asked about the recent instance in which Trump , Lotter's former boss, posted something that included an image of President Joe Biden bound and gagged in the back of a truck with a bullet hole in his forehead. ALSO READ: ‘It’s on my ID’: Presidential candidate Literally Anybody Else explains legal name change "I mean, I think so much is being made of a video posted on social media. That's literally what..." Former Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA) interrupted him. "Your former colleagues at the
White House, people who've spoken out against Donald Trump, have gotten attacked, people sometimes show up and attack them at their home or threaten them, threats are made against them," Comstock said. "So this is a real..." "If we want to have a serious discussion about political violence, and I think we should, but... I would also remind you that you had the speaker of the house,
Nancy Pelosi, and a squad member talking about unrest in our streets. You had entertainers who've talked about assassinating
President Trump, blowing up the White House..." He added that "we need to talk about political violence on both sides, and when that is only attacked and questioned on one, it rings hollow." "We have not had a President of the
United States who has said he would pardon people who have attacked our Capitol
police and said he would let them free and we've had people excuse that. And that's coming from Donald Trump," Comstock said. "The host called it "two
Republicans having a very real debate, a very passionate one." Watch the video below or click the link. CONTINUE READING Show less
Donald Trump spent his easter raging against his enemies on his own
Social Media platform, Truth Social, spurring glee on the internet. Trump, who literally directed one "happy Easter" post to those he "despises" such as "corrupt" prosecutors and judges in his criminal cases, wrote dozens of posts earlier in the day. One report on Sunday stated that the ex-president spent "Easter Morning on a Social Media Bender — With Whopping 43 POSTS About Judge Engoron, Jon Stewart and More." Political onlookers were also quick to point out the spree on social media. ALSO READ: ‘It’s on my ID’: Presidential candidate Literally Anybody Else explains legal name change Conservative Army
Iraq War Veteran Peter Henlein said, "Guy seems nervous." The Shallow State said the former president "is having a hypomanic episode." "Post after post after post. Short posts. Reposts. At least 50 of them so far today. His gut is a simmering stew of agitation, rage, and desperation. His malignant pathologies rule him, filling his head with fantasies of violence and revenge alongside visions of regaining his grandiosity. BUT TODAY, THERE'S MORE. He has a NEW fear now," the group wrote. "He's losing his mind - his acuity. He knows it now. He hates himself for it. He hates being pulled back, not being able to absorb adulation at rallies. He hates hearing people tell him he needs to be careful. Neither you nor I can EVER feel the kind of desperation and rage Trump feels now. This is a man terrified that all that he is, and all that he ever said he was - his entire lifetime of secrets and lies and false constructs - is crumbling into ash. This is a malignant narcissist in decline." @7Veritas4, a parody page mimicking Special Counsel Jack Smith, also chimed in. "Happy Easter," Jack E. Smith wrote. "Captain Capslock is risen." Another popular parody profile, Spiro's Ghost, said , "This is not parody." "Trump just posted this 'Easter message' to cap off nearly *100* other posts and reposts replete with deranged levels of malignant narcissism and lunacy," the account wrote on Saturday. "ANYONE who still supports this utterly unhinged maniac is as depraved as he is—there are just no words." CONTINUE READING Show less Donald Trump has "plenty to worry about" after facts of his involvement in alleged
election subversion attempts went public in a recent ruling recommending disbarment for his former legal advisor, according to a new report. Trump worked with John Eastman in matters related to the 2020 election, and a disciplinary judge recently found that Eastman should be disbarred for going too far for his client in trying to overturn a fair vote. But buried in that order is damning evidence against Trump himself, according to the
Washington Post's piece. ALSO READ: ‘It’s on my ID’: Presidential candidate Literally Anybody Else explains legal name change "Eastman can appeal, but Judge Yvette Roland’s meticulous 128-page ruling rests on devastating factual findings and airtight legal analysis," conservative Trump-skeptic columnist Jennifer Rubin wrote for the Post. But those analyses also apply to Trump. "These factual findings mirror the House Jan. 6 committee findings . Whatever the venue, whomever the defendant, a mound of evidence points to Eastman’s, and by extension Trump’s, participation in an attempt to steal the election. Juries in the Georgia case (where both are indicted and are pleading not guilty ) and in special counsel Jack Smith’s D.C. case against Trump will hear many of the same facts," the report states. Rubin further notes that the judge rejected Eastman's First Amendment defense, which is the same defense Trump has raised "repeatedly." "These decisions are not binding on the judges or juries in the D.C. Jan. 6 or Georgia trials, but they certainly underscore Trump’s legal vulnerability. Moreover, these decisions suggest that Trump’s ' advice of counsel' defense , inapplicable if you and your counsel are engaged in a crime, is doomed to fail," she wrote. "In sum, Roland’s decision does not bode well for Eastman in his criminal case in Georgia. And insofar as Trump is likely to face much of the same evidence and to offer the same defenses, he has plenty to worry about in D.C. and Georgia."' Read the report right here. CONTINUE READING Show less