'They should stop': Jack Smith tells Mar-a-Lago judge to ignore Trump valet's 'deeply flawed' bid to toss case

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Law & Crime

Mar 28th, 2024, 8:41 am


The Special Counsel’s Office (SCO) on Wednesday asked the Mar-a-Lago judge to ignore the “deeply flawed” and “meritless arguments” that former President Donald Trump’s valet Walt Nauta “raised for the first time” in a reply brief but not in his motion to dismiss the case on grounds of vindictive and selective prosecution.

Nauta faces charges of conspiracy to obstruct, false statements to the FBI, and withholding documents, connected to an alleged scheme to delete Mar-a-Lago camera footage and conceal boxes of classified documents from a grand jury. His lawyers most recently argued that the indictment should be thrown out because he was singled out and was impermissibly retaliated against with prosecution because he didn’t testify in front of the grand jury.

Special Counsel Jack Smith countered on Wednesday by slamming the defense for just now — and not when filing their motion to dismiss — making “numerous false factual assertions and meritless arguments.” Smith said U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has seen this kind of “procedurally improper” and belated move before and that she should rule in the SCO’s favor for a second time.

“Arguments and factual assertions not presented in an opening motion and raised for the first time in a reply brief are not properly before the Court. These repeated attempts by the defendants to reserve arguments until their reply briefs in order to prevent the Government from responding serve neither the Court nor efficient process, and they should stop,” he said, urging Cannon to ignore the falsities in Nauta’s reply.

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Full headline: ‘They should stop’: Jack Smith tells Mar-a-Lago judge to ignore Trump valet’s ‘deeply flawed’ bid to toss case based on lawyer’s ‘conversation over coffee with a prosecutor’

[FBaggins]

1. Tells?

Prosecutors don't "tell" federal judges to do anything.

Likely another example of some editor titling an author's work that they didn't understand.

[Justice matters.]

11. I wish they could "Tell" this prosecution is important for NATIONAL SECURITY FFS!

Yeah, who effin CARES about effin NATIONAL SECURITY since w/cheney right?

Watta country...

[FakeNoose]

2. Chump's lawyers are asking for another delay ... (sigh!)

Read the defendent's filing here: (link) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.421.0.pdf

And the prosecutor's filing here: (link) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.420.0.pdf

[onecaliberal]

6. Cannon will be more than happy to keep blowing Trump.

[Trueblue Texan]

3. Someone should start a betting site for the next delay tactics defense will file in Trumpers' myriad cases.nt

[erronis]

4. Amost makes one wonder if Judge Cannon is having side conversations with team trump

Giving and taking advice on how best to throw sand into the gears of justice.

[hadEnuf]

5. There's nothing to wonder about.

MAGATs are lawless. Put NOTHING past them.

[Quanto Magnus]

7. Given she asked for 'friends of the court' briefs

from the likes of Steven Miller pretty much seal that for me.

[rubbersole]

8. Still waiting for any of his lawyers to say...

..something about clearing their client's good name and reputation.

[BlueKota]

9. That she was allowed to stay in charge of the case,

and that Clarence Thomas did not recuse himself from Trump's immunity case, and nothing being done to Thomas, or Alito for accepting "gifts,", it tells me all I need to know about the "justice" system or lack there of under majority Republican rule.

It's beyond broken.

[peppertree]

10. Is this Aileen's court?

Because you know - her middle name is Mercedes.

And if it does her orange john a favor, she'll toss it.

[republianmushroom]

12. But , but, Jack, he is my master, he pulls the strings and I dance to his tune.