Stolen Documents Motions to Dismiss
Trump and at least Carlos De Oliveira are filing motions to dismiss (some are being unsealed via a review process). I’ll post them here until I read in more detail.
De Oliveira MTD or Bill of Particulars
Trump’s claim of presidential immunity to steal documents
Trump’s claim that he’s too stupid ot understand 18 USC 793(e)
Trump’s Special Counsel claim (repeating Hunter Biden’s appropriation claim)
Trump’s claim the Presidential Records Act says the opposite of what it says with assist from John Solomon
Still to come: A motion to suppress the search of Mar-a-Lago
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Those really should be the titles of those motions. At some point, the judge would get annoyed at being forced to read and respond carefully to these spurious motions: delay, delay, delay.
Agree! “Defendant’s Stupidity Claim”, “Defendant’s Right to Steal Claim”, “Defendant’s Word Salad (DARVO) Claim”.
(Truth in legal advertising)…
Judge Cannon? If the way she’s managed the case so far is any indication, we might be waiting a long time.
“Trumps claim he’s too stupid ‘to” understand”.
I’m dying laughing over here, so perfect, and then some.
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It has never been anything but abuse of process. Endless repetition of the same nonsense in venue after venue.
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Who wrote this sentence? Wow. “While that might ordinarily be semantic, it is less so where this matter involved at least two grand juries were convened in the District of Columbia and in the Southern District
of Florida.”
When Trumpland sends its people, they’re not sending their best. […] They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing fraud. They’re bringing insurrection. They’re rapists (under the commonly understood meaning of that term, not the criminal definition under New York State law). And some, I assume, are good people
none of them are “good people”.
Until SCOTUS acts on presidential immunity trump’s lawyers will confetti the legal system with immunity claims. If trump can mentally declassify records and take them as souvenirs what stops a President from taking any/allUS docs. If presidential immunity covers murder then it certainly must cover grand theft.
If SCOTUS is still rational this process of throwing presidential immunity claims recklessly at very serious charges should force them to do something definitive, sooner than later. If they don’t act they’re encouraging it and encouraging more crazy from Cannon
trumps legal moves (incl moving NY business addresses to FL in response to NY fraud verdict) are so desperate & wacky trump must be calling all the shots – unsurprising of course.
“Trump’s claim that he’s too stupid to understand 18 USC 793(e)”
THAT is a perfect admission in an election year!
But didn’t he claim in the last election and during 2018 that he was very intelligent? https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/10/10/times-trump-bragged-about-intelligence-orig-alee.cnn
He claimed to be a “stable genius” in 2018.
https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/949619270631256064?
Perhaps he’ll clarify that meant he was good with horses.
I take it to mean he’s a horseshit expert.
This torrent of delaying motions should surprise no one because it’s about tactical delays for Defendant-1. However, IMHNALO I can’t see the wisdom of putting Cannon on the spot with these because she will have to rule on them and SC Smith can then go over her head to the 11th Circuit. Also, at least one of them may be mooted by SCOTUS if they uphold Judge Chutkan and the DCC.
When the game is throwing a pot of spaghetti at the wall, you only need one piece to stick.
Which of these motions has the best chance to stick?
They’re all so utterly meritless that I find it impossible to distinguish which of them might fly furthest after getting chucked down a stairwell. Of course, that’s assuming we’re operating under normal laws. We’ve already seen Cannon basically invent law for him before. And once we’re inventing law, the sky’s the limit.
That said, the presidential immunity claim would be my favorite right now for “most likely to cause delay”. Even if Cannon denies it, I’m sure she’ll readily agree they need to pause trial to the maximum extent possible while he chases appeals.
Your comment caused me to pause: Word for a single strand? It seems that the word is “spaghetto”.
(Blame it on Saturday morning, pre-breakfast)
According to M-W you are correct:
I’m never going to get over that picture, which I call The Donald J. Trump Presidential Library.
lol – I’m-a steal that.
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