Arraigny Day

No next court date has been set, but Waltine the Saltine enters his pleas on June 27.

From ABC News:

"You can expect a criminal case to be resolved within six months of an indictment issuing," Walter Norkin, a former federal prosecutor in the Southern District of Florida, told ABC News. "The judges in the Southern District of Florida adhere very strictly to the Speedy Trial clock, which, with limited exceptions, requires trial or conviction to occur within 70 days."

Tomorrow, the Saltine faces the judge.

Judge in Trump case denies government’s motion to shield potential witnesses
The Florida judge overseeing the Justice Department’s (DOJ) classified documents case against former President Trump rejected the government’s motion to file witnesses under seal on Monday.

Judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed by Trump, rejected a request from special counsel Jack Smith’s office to file a sealed list of 84 potential witnesses provided to Trump’s legal team.

Smith’s office filed the motion last week alongside a request to delay the trial and also set a pretrial hearing for issues regarding the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA).

“The Government’s Motion does not explain why filing the list with the Court is necessary; it does not offer a particularized basis to justify sealing the list from public view; it does not explain why partial sealing, redaction, or means other than sealing are unavailable or unsatisfactory; and it does not specify the duration of any proposed seal,” Cannon wrote in the order Monday.

The former president was barred from speaking with his aide, Walt Nauta, who is also charged in the case, and the witnesses about the case during his arraignment earlier this month.

Cannon added that a coalition of news organizations also opposed the government’s request to keep the witness list under seal by citing the First Amendment. The news organizations, including The New York Times, CNN, and The Washington Post, filed a motion to intervene Monday in opposition to the government’s request.

“This case—the first prosecution of a former President of the United States—is one of the most consequential criminal cases in the Nation’s history. The American public’s interest in this matter, and need to monitor its progress every step of the way, cannot be overstated,” the press coalition wrote in its filing.

“The filing of the list of potential witnesses in this case is a highly significant initial step in this extraordinary prosecution. It will mark the first time that the Court has instructed the Government to inform Trump of the identities of persons who may offer testimony that prosecutors believe will incriminate him,” the motion read.

Trump was indicted with 37 federal counts that accuse him of mishandling classified documents and attempting to keep those documents from the government earlier this month. Cannon set an initial Aug. 14 trial date for the case, a date that the special counsel motioned to get moved to Dec. 11.

July 6 now for the Saltine

cannabineer said:

July 6 now for the Saltine

Court date postponed for Trump valet Walt Nauta in classified documents case

A lawyer for Nauta told a judge that Nauta had been unable to find a Florida-based attorney.

www.politico.com

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Pitty.

Saltine says
“it’s-a Nauta my fault!”

cannabineer said:

Saltine says
“it’s-a Nauta my fault!”

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/06/1186052042/walt-nauta-plea-donald-trump-indictment

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what do you mean by saltine? I don’t get it

sweetisland2009 said:

what do you mean by saltine? I don’t get it

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his first name is Waltine. That’s my G-rated sendup.

here we are again! I’m hoping (against the odds) for detention pending trial.

More fuel to fire up his base, apparently

oh well


The judge agreed to release Trump under the conditions that he not violate federal law and appear in court when required. He is also barred from discussing the facts of the case with any potential witnesses, except through attorneys. The arraignment lasted about a half an hour. The next hearing is set for Aug. 28, but Trump will not be required to attend.

Odd editorial slant in this CNN piece.


Thursday was a day when the country crossed a point of no return. For the first time, the United States formally charged one of its past leaders with trying to subvert its core political system and values.

I detect wistfulness about charging a former president, a stance that plays somewhat into the defense’s hands. It is also something I do not understand, why this artificial barrier is important. The point of no return was when agent orange did the things. This is a national act of return: holding the criminal who tried to leverage the office’s privilege into a takeover. The objective was to “safe” himself and his enterprise against prosecution by becoming a fascist capo not unlike Stalin.

After all, history is written by the winners.

It is time to leave fabricated reluctance and sorrow by the side of the road. It is time to take a hard and unflinching look at how we got here, because our task is twofold.

The first is to see how we arrived at abuses of power, first to paralyze Washington’s immune system (inspectors-general dismissed, malevolent cronies installed e. g. at Justice and the Postmaster’s, aggressive installation of fascism-oriented Federal judges …), then, with much of the safety features asleep or dead, override the vote and stay in office — and finish the job of dismantling the republic.

This should not have been able to get pushed so far.

Which brings us to the second matter: the complicity of almost the entire Republican party. How did we arrive at so many elected Republicans working as a team to enable the assault on democratic rule? How do we purge the many who crossed the line into criminal conduct to execute on the will of the would-be Führer? And how do we reduce the number of voters who have been durably deluded into believing that to save America, you must first kill it?

The mild tone of that paragraph suggests that the opinion writer is downplaying the real problem(s) here, which abets an evil still very much in control of (notably) the majorities in the House and on the bench of the Supreme Court. It is propaganda whose subtlety makes it effective.

Most importantly, it is time to hold the insurgents and their backers to fullest account and without hesitation or crocodile tears. We should celebrate the prosecution of the subverters of high office, not mourn it.

That man’s legal team trying to make something of a frivolity

Trump’s Georgia arraignment expected to be televised, Fulton County judge says
The state judge overseeing former President Trump’s Georgia case ruled that cameras will be allowed in the courtroom for the defendants’ arraignments, marking the first time that one of Trump’s criminal proceedings will be televised.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee on Tuesday granted a request from four local television stations to bring in live cameras and other recording devices in his courtroom through Sept. 8.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) is seeking to hold the arraignments for all the defendants the week following Labor Day, which would fall within that window. If the timeline is delayed, however, McAfee’s order would expire.
McAfee’s order does not indicate whether cameras will be allowed during a trial or any other future proceedings in the case.
Willis charged Trump last week alongside 18 co-defendants over their alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. Trump has denied any wrongdoing.

Willis has given a Friday deadline for the defendants to surrender, although that process is being conducted at the Fulton County Jail, separate from any arraignments. Trump has said he will surrender Thursday.

Courts have barred cameras for all of the proceedings in Trump’s other three criminal cases so far. Federal courts generally do not allow video or audio recordings of proceedings, as is true in Trump’s cases.
When Trump was arraigned in New York state court on charges related to a hush money payment, the judge had denied a group of media outlets’ request to have video cameras in the room.

The judge did, however, allow a group of still photographers inside the courtroom for a few moments before the arraignment began, at which Trump pleaded not guilty.

But in Fulton County, cameras inside courtrooms are common, which would perhaps allow unprecedented public access to one of the most high-profile trials in U.S. history.

Giuliani getting help from Kerik to find Georgia-based attorney: report
Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for former President Trump, has not found a Georgia-based lawyer to represent him in the state’s prosecution on claims that he assisted a scheme to overturn the 2020 election, according to CNN reports.

The former New York City mayor is among the 19 defendants charged in the state’s sprawling racketeering case against Trump and his associates.

Giuliani, a former federal prosecutor himself, was charged with solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer and other crimes related to a fake elector scheme, which attempted to construct a slate of fraudulent electoral college votes to elect Trump in 2020 after he lost the election.

He is relying on the assistance of one of the case’s unindicted co-conspirators, Bernie Kerik, to negotiate his bail and surrender terms with Georgia prosecutors, CNN reports. Kerik is not an attorney himself but has worked with Giuliani on election fraud claims in the past.

Giuliani must negotiate bail and turn himself in to Georgia authorities by the Friday deadline and will require a Georgia-licensed attorney to sign off on any bail agreements.

Kerik is unindicted Co-conspirator 5 in the Trump indictment, his attorneys confirmed. According to prosecutors, he spoke with politicians about the fake elector scheme in Pennsylvania and Arizona.

the size of that motorcade! They should bill defendant for it and forbid he use campaign money.

It would be telling if the self-described billionaire doesn’t have the ready cash for that pittance of a bond. $200k, really? Should be Powerball money to let that man walk.

cannabineer said:

the size of that motorcade! They should bill defendant for it and forbid he use campaign money.

It would be telling if the self-described billionaire doesn’t have the ready cash for that pittance of a bond. $200k, really? Should be Powerball money to let that man walk.

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The money for the motorcade will not be a loss if he ends up in jaIL

No cockmeat sandwich this time?

Dr.Amber Trichome said:

No cockmeat sandwich this time?

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Mushroom substitute.