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Judge Aileen Cannon expressed skepticism in court Friday when special counsel Jack Smith's legal team argued against a ruling they've described as a potentially dangerous blunder.

Cannon presided over a federal court conference in Fort Pierce, Florida, to discuss her order, challenged by Smith, to unseal sensitive materials in former President Donald Trump's classified document case, Lawfare's Anna Bower reports.

"No decision from the bench," Bower wrote on X. "But Cannon sounded skeptical of prosecutors’ claims that she clearly erred."

"Clear error" are the words Smith used in a filing early last month to describe Cannon's decision on handling discovery in a case that could involve more than 5,000 pages of classified documents.

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[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 114 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's not an error. She is clearly biased, should be removed from the case, and barred from ever holding public office again.

[–] 520@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago

It's an error but not a mistake. An error is simply when something has gone wrong. Intentional fuckery can cause errors.

That’s all well and good, but I feel like she’s done like 10x what it would take a judge to normally get pulled from the case and she’s still in it, so I’ll celebrate when she actually gets removed and censured

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 86 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Okay, time to appeal and ask the 11th Circuit to remove her from the case. This is a glaring departure from responsible jurisprudence. She is now willfully putting witnesses and others at risk. Exposing those witnesses names and the essence of their testimony puts them at immediate risk of harassment from Trump's red-hat hordes at minimum, and likely even personal risk for them and their loved ones.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 28 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They'll probably wait until someone on their team is literally murdered by someone screaming, "Trump is king!" or something. People have proven time and time and time again to be underestimating of evil people, yet continue to underestimate. They think the mere existence of laws deters bad people like it does "good" people.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They think the mere existence of laws deters bad people like it does "good" people.

Why doesn't someone just make crime illegal? Problem solved!

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Like Governor Abbott did when he got rid of rape in Texas?

Conservatives are dumb as fuuuuck.

[–] hdnsmbt@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

They're probably hoping for just that. It would mean further delays.

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

WRIT OF MANDAMUS!!!!!!

[–] Silverseren@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

Is the judicial branch allowed to order the release of classified materials?