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If it was anyone else that took those classified documents they would have been in jail immediately. The crime is also the coverup. He moved the boxes of documents in his private plane. That is not an innocent man. He knew that it was illegal to hold these documents. The man is a national security nightmare. What national security secrets has he sold already? Why is a Russian/ American citizen propping up his truth social business? If the justice system can’t hold him accountable what will happen next?

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Apr 4Liked by Dean Obeidallah

Reality Winner, call your service… 🤔😉😊

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Lock him up!

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I am not a lawyer, I am what federal law characterizes as "a reasonable member of the public". I have followed this case closely, crafting my assessment through the views of many different legal experts..With the prevailing view being two things..Firstly, Judge Cannon is one of two things. Dirty (my word) and clearly biased or afraid of Trump for some reason. Also blatantly wrong on the law..Secondly, that it is a rather straightforward case, one that would not take an experienced Jurist much time to get up to speed on..By dispatching rulings deliberately avoided by Cannon and getting the case prepped for trial..Have I left anything out, or am I wrongheaded about this?

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She should be out is all I'm certain of!!

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Incidentally, I am appreciative that I am able to weigh in on this topic with The Dean’s Report community..Thank you!

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Why will no one stop her? And Trump for that matter. Crimes are happening in plain sight.

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I think she is getting her rulings directly from Federalist Society and Leonard Leo. Just saying

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Perhaps.. I’d say there is an argument for that..

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I have put forth that premise about 4-5 weeks ago. Absolutely she is getting help in how to delay this case & keep skirting an appeal to the 11th circuit

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I do believe she just proved my point. She just cancelled the May 9th court date for the classified documents and said it is going to take her a long time to clear up all of the motions that have piled up on her. I think Hack Smith needs to go to the appellate court and get this case removed from her . She’s corrupt and has very little experience ex pet everything she has learned from Leonard Leo

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Sam.. the best summary!!

To try and legislate on a wrong basis ( or law), isn’t this like changing the person standing trial with innocent by stander)?

Or changing thr charges to say murder when it’s fraud?

Is it isn’t the judge’s responsibility to ENSURE THAT THE JURY UNDERSTANDS HOW TO INTERPRET THE LAW IN SAID TRIAL? Not change the rules.?? Yes?

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Yes Diana, the jury determines the facts based on the evidence, the judge defines the law and instructs the jury how to apply it..Then if there is enough evidence beyond a reasonable doubt they convect. If not they acquit.. You seem like someone who’s has an interest in the law..

I am a follower of Legal AF on YouTube. Perhaps you are familiar? If not I believe you would enjoy it. And thank you for your kind words..

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Agree with every word as a “reasonable member of the public”

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Apr 4Liked by Dean Obeidallah

Absolutely disgusting, and makes a mockery of our judicial system.

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She’s creating a path to be a Supreme Court judge

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Maybe disbarment?

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Or impeachment next year. 🤔😉😊

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I like the sound of that

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Apr 4Liked by Dean Obeidallah

NEWSFLASH

NBC is running a story on the guy who put up Trump’s 175M bond. Total complete scumbag, just like his orange buddy. Made his fortune in SUBPRIME LENDING. How’s that for appropriate?!? 😂😂😂

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WaPo ran a story on this April 2. See my comment posted right after your timestamp post.

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I think judge will be holding a hearing. Tish James is a serious public servant

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Why hasn’t she been removed from this case? It’s enough republican corruption & must be taken care of. Is she obstructing justice? Is she committing a crime? Jack Smith has given this enough time, no more bullshit.

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Reality Winner is serving how much time again?

I understand she’s not the president, but this is what happens to ordinary Americans who violate the law. A quick trial and off to jail.

I’m also uncertain as to who has caused more damage to our democracy- Moscow Mitch McConnell or TFG!

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You might want to throw Clarence and Ginny into the question of who has caused more damage to our democracy.

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Moscow Mitch is as dirty as they get.. he was rewarded well for his misdeeds

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Time to lower the boom already. I can just see the outcry if she refuses to recuse herself. Then the 11th can do it for her.

The case is already horribly derailed and is probably beyond repair. At this point I’d be going after her. Big Time.

She needs to learn a painful, bitter, humiliating lesson about what it means to be a corrupt judge.

And if she wants to put her reputation and career up against Jack Smith - well, have at it, lady. See how you fare.

Anyone else notice that when she pulls these boneheaded moves, nobody comes forward to defend her?

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Do you think that she is a puppet for Leonard Leo? I think he wants Trump to get reelected and he has been manipulating the system for decades now. He almost has the country where he wants it. He pays big bucks to get peoples crimes to disappear and big bucks to start conspiracies about people he wants to disappear. This sounds just like how he would tell Cannon how to rule. When you look at his connections to people like Alito, Roberts,Kavanaugh,Coney Barrett,Gorsuch and the Thomas’s and the money he has invested in all of them it seems to fit. Then add in Judicial Crisis Network and the Heritage Foundation and Harlan. Crowe,,,,

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Former General Mike Flynn (Q) and Putin are ultimately behind this. The organizations and people you named are most definitely involved. Trump doesn’t have much money, but Crow and other American oligarchs do.

Frankly, I’d be happy if Trumps diet of cheeseburgers, fries and Diet Coke settled the matter.

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I’m surprised he hasn’t fallen out of a top floor window at Trump Towers.

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Just…YES💯

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And then after that we hold Trump in contempt of gag order and throw his arse in jail.

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I truly have a hard time understanding why no one has already appealed to the 11th to get her removed. She’s been overtly working in trump’s favor for a while.

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Do you think that Josh Lourence,her husband and his mob boss John Rassati ,also long time Trump friend are also involved. I did see that they are big Trump donors. Leonard Leo sent her to some training thing that was a spa resort place that had seminars on conspiracy theories and all the right wing stuff. And of course paid for it. Think I read $30,000

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Let’s call her office. And let’s call DOJ. Start your calls America & raise hell. Do Something!

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I agree. Noise changes things. Ronna Romney did not have a chance when the blue wave of outrage hit nbc.

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Blame inexperience, blame corruption, blame anyone or anything you want, but if Cannon tanks this open and shut case before it even goes to trial or let's it go to trial and tries a directed verdict of acquittal, she will be lucky if she only get's kicked off the bench. She deserves to be disbarred for her willful ignorance.

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This election - all of the elections local, state, and national - need to be about the judiciary. We have been asleep at the wheel.

We have the means to remove every corrupt judge in our country, and soon, but only if we elect progressive representatives in every office, at every level.

The only place we can find progressives is in the democratic party, and among many independents.

It will be hard for many key voters to vote in the most corrupt districts and states this fall. We all have to do our utmost to help them. — b.rad

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And women's healthcare and LGBTQ rights and voting rights and every other right we know that Agent Orange and his toadies will do their damndest to remove.

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Forgot also to cite my main recent source, ‘The Scheme,’ by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. Hard to read, had to stomp and spit and swear after every chapter, sometimes twice, but it’s a must read if you have the strength. We need strength!

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Whitehouse is the only voice crying out in the wilderness about the way Leonard Leo and Mitch McConnell corrupted the federal judiciary. Sadly even when the Democrats are in the majority in the Senate they fail to take this problem seriously.

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Agent Orange’ good — so many permutations, that is new to me. ‘Don T’ is one go-to — where are the Q morons ?!

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I have a close friend who is suffering from cancer because of Agent Orange exposure in Vietnam. It, like Trump, is destructive to anyone or anything exposed. I think it fits.

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very heavy news . . . the reference was implicitly, no explicitly somber and serious . . . thinking lucky for all who have to face that

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I feel lucky because I pulled a very high draft lottery number and didn't have any possibility of being sent to Vietnam. I have many friends who were not blessed with such good fortune.

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Let's see. Kick the Cannon down the road for months or do it now. Everybody's so focused on beating the Nov deadline while Jack the Ripper is focused on serving Justice to the American people. C'mon, Jack, help cut this sycophant loose and get on with it. Only a new judge will see this case all the way to the Greybar Hotel.

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BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!💥

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Off topic, but this needs some light shed on it. The person behind the company that posted TFG’s $175 million bond deserves some scrutiny.

According to a Washington Post April 2 article

“How a California billionaire known for auto loans provided Trump’s bond” , Billionaire Trump supporter Don Hankey owns California based Knight Specialty Insurance. He’s also the largest individual, non-institutional shareholder in California based Axos Bank that refinanced some Trump properties in 2022.

Hankey is a former used car salesman that made his money with a car loan financing company giving 23.99 percent used car loans to people with poor credit. In some years his company repossessed 250 cars per day because of problems with repayment.

“Hankey said the bond, which was provided by one of his companies, a subsidiary of Knight Insurance, was a good business deal, not a political statement.”

“Hankey also said he provided the bond to Trump in part because he agreed with the former president’s defense in the New York civil case, …..

“Hankey said that one of his businesses, Westlake Financial Services, provides loans to 1.5 million customers and that “quite often, when credit statements or financial statements are submitted to us, the values are exaggerated on some of the assets. … I would say it probably happens on 75 percent of our applications.’”

So essentially, it’s the “everyone does it, so it must be okay” argument. Also sounds more like a political statement.

His companies in the past have been fined by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for “illegal debt collection tactics.”

As for his involvement with Axos Bank, Hankey “said he was unaware of the Axos loans until after they were provided to the Trump Organization. “

Believe what you will, but to me it sounds like your typical Republican businessman hanky-panky. (Sorry, couldn’t resist)

WaPo article link is to Apple News, not paywalled there, but may not open on non-Apple devices.

“How a California billionaire known for auto loans provided Trump’s bond” , April 2

https://apple.news/AQj5Dl3DMSoWqwf-0zrDZOw

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Great article Dean! This demonstrates that we live in a world where the common folks have to follow rules & rich folks like Trump can easily break rules without any consequences. We’re all living in an artificial democracy, not as bad as autocracy, but almost close. The rich have special privileges. The commoners cannot even run a red light on the street without consequences. And we preach diversity, equity, inclusion, honesty, fairness, equality, integrity etc which is really just talk, only to be followed by the common folks. The rich are exempt from these ideas, & can bend any rule anyhow to their benefit without consequences! What an ass backwards world!

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Given that what judge Cannon is doing is so obviously biased, it's really sad that the prosecution does not have better alternatives for getting her removed. I personally am glad that of all the trials Trump has been through or has bending except this one, have ethical, excellent judges.

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We aren’t dumb enough to think he was going to appoint a competent justice did we? She’s a Handpicked acolyte.

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She is literally acting as defence attorney for Jabba the drumpf

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