Mar-a-Lago judge issues rare denial to potential legal arguments about 'tyrannical repression'
Source: Law & Crime
Apr 17th, 2024, 5:41 pm
The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago classified documents case issued a rare denial to a man seeking to file a pretrial brief as a would-be amicus curiae, or friend of the court.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has been mostly permissive when it comes to pretrial briefs, including friend of court briefs, in the case — only denying one other prior attempt in early March from a man serving a lengthy federal prison sentence for mail and wire fraud.
On Tuesday, the court declined to allow another such nonparty filing. The rejected brief was submitted by Darryl B. Phillips, a pro se litigant who describes himself as “a private citizen and retired Electrical Engineer” with “experience analyzing complex systems, software and semiconductors” and the author of “many technical reports.”
“Amici’s interest in this case arises from observations as a donor in the 1980s to a charity providing humanitarian aid to brutally repressed minorities in Soviet Russia,” the brief reads. “Tyrannical repression was implemented through various means that included weaponization of the criminal justice system. Amici is concerned about trends towards similar tyranny in the United States and fears for the future.”
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Full headline: Mar-a-Lago judge issues rare denial to potential legal arguments about ‘tyrannical repression’ and the Presidential Records Act in Trump’s classified documents case
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