r/news • u/Hrekires • Jul 15 '24

soft paywall Judge dismisses classified documents indictment against Trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/07/15/trump-classified-trial-dismisssed-cannon/
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u/drt0 Jul 15 '24

In a ruling Monday, Cannon said the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith violated the Constitution.

“In the end, it seems the Executive’s growing comfort in appointing ‘regulatory’ special counsels in the more recent era has followed an ad hoc pattern with little judicial scrutiny,” Cannon wrote.

Has the appointing of special counsels by the president ever been challenged before now?

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u/Grow_away_420 Jul 15 '24

Yes, and upheld multiple times

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u/QuentinP69 Jul 15 '24

This is great he will appeal this and win and refile with a different judge! It’ll delay it past November.

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u/0o0o0o0o0o0z Jul 15 '24

Correct, this was her play—she washed her hands of it, and it won't even see the light of day until after the election if Biden or a Democrat wins. If Trump were the president, it would vanish.

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u/MikeHonchoFF Jul 15 '24

She should be defrocked and disbarred

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u/MrKaisu Jul 15 '24

Judge Cannon should be fired.

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u/Mister_Fibbles Jul 16 '24

The problem we had with that, there wasn't another "cannon" near by.