Trump lawyers ask to delay hearing in 2020 election case
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Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump's attorneys on Tuesday asked the judge in his trial on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election to delay scheduling a court hearing that will help determine how evidence can be used and shared in the case.
Trump's attorneys and U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith's team clashed in a joint court filing over a hearing date before U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan to discuss the handling of evidence.
Prosecutors said they were available all week long. Trump's lawyers asked for a postponement until early next week.
On Monday, Trump's defense team opposed a request from prosecutors for Chutkan to impose a protective order to ensure confidential evidence is not shared publicly by Trump, suggesting he could use the information to intimidate witnesses.
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One of the two defense counsel is unavailable on Thursday. Fair enough, that mean Wed Aug 9th and Fri Aug 11th are the 2 days ("on or before"
. What am I missing?
One’d think an educated jurist would hold the Constitution above money, but nooooo.
NYSE Chairman Richard Grasso Embracing Subcommandante FARC Commander Raul Reyes.
NYSE Chief Meets Rebel in Colombia
L.A. TIMES ARCHIVES
JUNE 27, 1999 12 AM PT
FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOGOTA, Colombia — The chairman of the New York Stock Exchange explained markets to a senior leftist guerrilla commander Saturday in Colombia’s steamy southern savanna--and invited him to Wall Street for a firsthand look.
Richard Grasso met for 1 1/2 hours with Raul Reyes of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in the remote hamlet of La Machaca.
Grasso told reporters afterward that the surprise meeting, his first with a rebel chief, was intended to demonstrate to FARC leaders the support of the world financial community for Colombia’s fledgling peace process.
Stressing that his talks with a group that is on the State Department’s terrorist list were strictly private, Grasso said he hoped his visit “will mark the beginning of a new relationship between the FARC and the United States.”
He said he explained how Colombia would benefit from the increased global investment it could expect if nearly four decades of civil conflict can be ended.
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https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jun-27-mn-50699-story.html
For another take, the great Catherine Austin Fitts:
A Real World Example:
NYSE's Richard Grasso and the Ultimate New Business "Cold Call"
Lest you think that my comment about the New York Stock Exchange is too strong, let's look at one event that occurred before our "war on drugs" went into high gear through Plan Colombia, banging heads over narco dollar market share in Latin America.
In late June 1999, numerous news services, including Associated Press, reported that Richard Grasso, Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange flew to Colombia to meet with a spokesperson for Raul Reyes of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC), the supposed "narco terrorists" with whom we are now at war.
The purpose of the trip was "to bring a message of cooperation from U.S. financial services" and to discuss foreign investment and the future role of U.S. businesses in Colombia.
Some reading in between the lines said to me that Grasso's mission related to the continued circulation of cocaine capital through the US financial system. FARC, the Colombian rebels, were circulating their profits back into local development without the assistance of the American banking and investment system. Worse yet for the outlook for the US stock market's strength from $500 billion - $1 trillion in annual money laundering - FARC was calling for the decriminalization of cocaine.
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https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0202/S00069/the-real-deal-the-ultimate-new-business-cold-call.htm
Why? Cocaine? War? Power? Cash? Silly question. As George W Bush said, “Money trumps peace.”
