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Double shade-age! 😎

Via Emptywheel:

Days short of the election, #JackSmith is throwing a bit of shade.

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MOAR SHADE!😎

#Trump

> The defendant has argued repeatedly that the judicial process and court calendar should yield to his election campaign—see, e.g., ECF No. 30 (proposing April 2026 trial date in the District of Columbia); ECF No. 232 at 28 (objecting to immunity ltigation during the lection campaign); Florida Case, ECF No. 66 at 9-10; Florida Case, ECF No. 357 at 1-2 (no trial should be scheduled until after the election)—and 👉🏼he appears to take the position:that he cannot be: investigated by anyone for anything once he has announced his candidacy.👈🏼 But shutting down a criminal investigation at the mere announcement of a run for office would invite and enable any would-be candidate to stymie the criminal justice process and insulate the candidate from accountability under the law. It would also be flatly inconsistent with Department of Justice history and precedent.
Paradoxically, when arguing that the Special Counsel is a principal officer, the defendant has claimed that the Special Counsel has too much independence. See ECF No. 270 at 22. 👉🏼The defendant’s position on this issue can most charitably be described as fluid.👈🏼 While litigating in the Southern District of Florida, the defendant claimed that the Special Counsel was neither a principal nor inferior officer, and instead referred to the Special Counsel as “[a]t best . . . an employee.” Florida Case, ECF No. 326 at 3,
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2/ More, original reference, via Klasfeld:

New Filing

#JackSmith urges Judge #Chutkan to reject #Trump’s challenge of his appointment as special counsel, noting #Cannon’s “unpersuasive out-of-circuit” opinion and Thomas’s concurrence aren’t binding on her.

But the DC Circuit is. 🔗 storage.courtlistener.com/reca…

#trump #jacksmith #chutkan #cannon
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