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BumRushDaShow

(146,207 posts) Tue Jan 21, 2025, 10:40 AM Jan 21

Judge Aileen Cannon says Justice Department can't share Trump classified documents report with Congress

Source: CNN Politics

Published 10:27 AM EST, Tue January 21, 2025

CNN — Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday extended the hold she has placed blocking the Justice Department from sharing special counsel Jack Smith’s report on his investigation into President Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents with members of Congress.

Her order took some jabs at the prosecutors representing to the position of former Attorney General Merrick Garland, accusing them of misleading her at a court hearing Friday and asserting that they’ve failed to live up to the “special role” they play in the criminal justice system.

Before Trump’s inauguration, Garland sought to share the report privately with a small group of lawmakers on the condition that they do not disclose what they learn from it.

On Tuesday, Cannon embraced arguments put forward by Trump’s former co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos de Oliveira – two employees of his charged with obstruction-related crimes – that even limited disclosure could prejudice them if their cases ever went to trial. Cannon dismissed the prosecution last summer on the grounds that Smith was unconstitutionally appointed, but that ruling is on appeal, leaving the possibility that the charges could be revived.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/politics/jack-smith-classified-documents-report-aileen-cannon/index.html

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Judge Aileen Cannon says Justice Department can't share Trump classified documents report with Congress (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jan 21 OP

I can't say what I'm thinking. nt intrepidity Jan 21 #1

let me now if i got close keroro gunsou Jan 22 #34

You are much kinder than I'd've been. nt intrepidity Jan 22 #35

Took a little time out from doodling "Supreme Court Justice Aileen Cannon", did she? tanyev Jan 21 #2

Cannon should be ignored -misanthroptimist Jan 21 #3

She is certainly not ignorant. Degrees from Duke and University of Michigan. Irish_Dem Jan 21 #5

Must be a lot of evidence of Trump Treason in that investigation travelingthrulife Jan 21 #4

I am sure... Escape Jan 21 #6

Unrec for dumb non-sequitur. Bullshit CT that Garland and Cannon are 'working together' is idiotic emulatorloo Jan 21 #20

Apparently, according to the DU rules... Escape Jan 22 #36

Except that he didn't and he is gone from office. An acting AG has been appointed to run DOJ until Bondi is confirmed. 24601 Jan 21 #29

I realize it's impossible BUT bluestarone Jan 21 #7

Is it impossible? I don't think so. People will be as sick of Trump in midterms 2026 just like they were in 2018, emulatorloo Jan 21 #21

You don't know how much i wish you were right. (maybe you are right) bluestarone Jan 21 #23

They won't be sick of him. LuvLoogie Jan 21 #26

I think even the Nazis will be disappointed - there will not be enough raids and round ups to please them. emulatorloo Jan 22 #32

Jack Smith could loan his thumb drive file to Rolling Stone Submariner Jan 21 #8

Since when is the actions of Congress under the purview of the U.S. District Court of Florida? Botany Jan 21 #9

who gives a crap about justice, law, integrity? Not that thing. Marthe48 Jan 21 #10

i agree moonshinegnomie Jan 21 #18

Of course she did. Why didn't Garland or Biden just release it before they left? PaulRevere08 Jan 21 #11

All Biden's fault? Uh-huh, sure, let's just give Trump and Cannon and SCOTUS a free pass. emulatorloo Jan 21 #22

48 months and counting, chuckle chuckle, and many here said it would never happen. republianmushroom Jan 21 #12

Many of our most sensible interlocutors. Kid Berwyn Jan 21 #13

YUP republianmushroom Jan 21 #15

Conflict with Iran is imminent thanks to the Islamophobes led by Sebastian Gorka. Netanyahu is salivating. C0RI0LANUS Jan 21 #28

Biden failed to use his legitimate powers mainer Jan 21 #14

He also could have pardoned Nauta and de Oliveira, making Cannon's position moot. thesquanderer Jan 21 #19

He was a great president, and none of your talking points will ever negate that. emulatorloo Jan 21 #24

Ask the Vindmans if they don't feel abandoned mainer Jan 21 #25

You may be correct, but can the SC be trusted to Boomerproud Jan 21 #30

Called it. Miguelito Loveless Jan 21 #16

a mole in the justice departmen should release it moonshinegnomie Jan 21 #17

I have a hard time WmChris Jan 21 #27

Be A Real Shame If A Senator Read The Documents Into The Record. A Real Shame... MayReasonRule Jan 21 #31

Don't worry Aileen, Trump's DOJ has probably already shredded the report! LudwigPastorius Jan 22 #33

intrepidity

(8,011 posts)

1. I can't say what I'm thinking. nt

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 10:41 AM

Jan 21

keroro gunsou

(2,241 posts)

34. let me now if i got close

Reply to intrepidity (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 22, 2025, 03:31 PM

Jan 22

nice to see she's making good use of the kneepads and bib she got with her judicial robe.

intrepidity

(8,011 posts)

35. You are much kinder than I'd've been. nt

Reply to keroro gunsou (Reply #34)

Wed Jan 22, 2025, 04:58 PM

Jan 22

tanyev

(45,056 posts)

2. Took a little time out from doodling "Supreme Court Justice Aileen Cannon", did she?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 10:43 AM

Jan 21

😒

-misanthroptimist

(1,252 posts)

3. Cannon should be ignored

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 10:45 AM

Jan 21

She's either utterly corrupt or utterly ignorant. Either way, I'd ignore her.

Irish_Dem

(62,144 posts)

5. She is certainly not ignorant. Degrees from Duke and University of Michigan.

Reply to -misanthroptimist (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 10:48 AM

Jan 21

She us is corrupt to the bone.

travelingthrulife

(1,325 posts)

4. Must be a lot of evidence of Trump Treason in that investigation

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 10:47 AM

Jan 21

She works hard for her money.

Escape

(96 posts)

6. I am sure...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 10:49 AM

Jan 21

Merrick Garland will take care of this and get that report out well before he leaves office.

emulatorloo

(45,709 posts)

20. Unrec for dumb non-sequitur. Bullshit CT that Garland and Cannon are 'working together' is idiotic

Reply to Escape (Reply #6)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 02:13 PM

Jan 21

and leaves the real bad people “blameless.”

Garland made sure to get Jack Smith’s j6 report out. Cannon used her power in the courts to stop the classified doc report.

Y’all should start blaming the real bad actors:

- The Republicans on SCOTUS who declared Trump above the law
- Aileen Cannon
- Trump’s legal team who effectively gamed the system and delayed everything w bogus ‘legal filings.’

You may think your CT makes you edgy, but it just makes you an unaware purveyor of MAGA nonsense.

Escape

(96 posts)

36. Apparently, according to the DU rules...

Reply to emulatorloo (Reply #20)

Wed Jan 22, 2025, 07:18 PM

Jan 22

I am not allowed to respond to a response like yours.

So, have a nice day!

24601

(4,045 posts)

29. Except that he didn't and he is gone from office. An acting AG has been appointed to run DOJ until Bondi is confirmed.

Reply to Escape (Reply #6)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 03:46 PM

Jan 21

James McHenry, a lawyer specializing in immigration enforcement is acting Attorney General.

bluestarone

(18,585 posts)

7. I realize it's impossible BUT

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 10:55 AM

Jan 21

I dream of full control of BOTH house in 2026. Enough control to REMOVE these creepy judges on Supreme court. (is it 2/3rds?)

emulatorloo

(45,709 posts)

21. Is it impossible? I don't think so. People will be as sick of Trump in midterms 2026 just like they were in 2018,

Reply to bluestarone (Reply #7)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 02:18 PM

Jan 21

Once again he’s overplaying his hand, is full of shit, and won’t do anything to help those who are not billionaire tech-bros.

bluestarone

(18,585 posts)

23. You don't know how much i wish you were right. (maybe you are right)

Reply to emulatorloo (Reply #21)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 02:23 PM

Jan 21

It's for our country, kids, and grand kids!!!

LuvLoogie

(7,681 posts)

26. They won't be sick of him.

Reply to emulatorloo (Reply #21)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 03:07 PM

Jan 21

They are lost, and apologizing for Nazis--gleefully. They are salivating at the raids and round-ups.

America is racist.

emulatorloo

(45,709 posts)

32. I think even the Nazis will be disappointed - there will not be enough raids and round ups to please them.

Reply to LuvLoogie (Reply #26)

Wed Jan 22, 2025, 02:25 PM

Jan 22

Trump will mismanage that as well, it will blow up the deficit and the price of eggs will still be ‘too high/‘

Submariner

(12,785 posts)

8. Jack Smith could loan his thumb drive file to Rolling Stone

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 10:59 AM

Jan 21

for publication in the name of free speech and Democracy.

Botany

(72,922 posts)

9. Since when is the actions of Congress under the purview of the U.S. District Court of Florida?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 10:59 AM

Jan 21

The corruption is so wide and so deep in then Republicans it is not funny. Reality Winner got
5 years for 1 document and Trump got to become President again after the dirtiest election in
American History* and is going to make billions. American democracy is and law is all but dead
and people like Cannon have killed it for money and power.

* Trump, “Musk was very good with those vote counting computers” aka center tabulators.
Those tabulators were part of our voting systems and never should have been under Musk’s
control or watch.

Marthe48

(19,824 posts)

10. who gives a crap about justice, law, integrity? Not that thing.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 11:00 AM

Jan 21

Release the report and defy her and her handlers.

moonshinegnomie

(2,977 posts)

18. i agree

Reply to Marthe48 (Reply #10)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 12:57 PM

Jan 21

im sure someone in the DOJ has access to it. all they need is some courage

PaulRevere08

(455 posts)

11. Of course she did. Why didn't Garland or Biden just release it before they left?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 11:07 AM

Jan 21

I am so frustrated with how the former administration went out with not much more than a whimper.

emulatorloo

(45,709 posts)

22. All Biden's fault? Uh-huh, sure, let's just give Trump and Cannon and SCOTUS a free pass.

Reply to PaulRevere08 (Reply #11)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 02:20 PM

Jan 21

republianmushroom

(18,608 posts)

12. 48 months and counting, chuckle chuckle, and many here said it would never happen.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 11:36 AM

Jan 21

Kid Berwyn

(18,892 posts)

13. Many of our most sensible interlocutors.

Reply to republianmushroom (Reply #12)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 11:49 AM

Jan 21

For some reason, they like us to forget, uh, stuff.

republianmushroom

(18,608 posts)

15. YUP

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Reply #13)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 11:50 AM

Jan 21

C0RI0LANUS

(2,580 posts)

28. Conflict with Iran is imminent thanks to the Islamophobes led by Sebastian Gorka. Netanyahu is salivating.

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Reply #13)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 03:45 PM

Jan 21

Putin still needs Iran, but after a ceasefire with Ukraine, will he still need Iran and their Shaheed drones? Maybe....any word from Bashar al-Assad?

mainer

(12,257 posts)

14. Biden failed to use his legitimate powers

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 11:49 AM

Jan 21

And because of that, justice will never prevail.
He may have been a decent President, but Biden frustrated me. He had complete protection to take executive action and release that report. He could have issued pardons for so many other people, but he failed to do so. He left exposed the Vindman brothers, and everyone who put their careers and lives on the line to testify against Trump. Now they are vulnerable to retaliation.

There's so much Biden could have done, and he didn't. Carelessness? Inattention? He could have done so much more.

thesquanderer

(12,439 posts)

19. He also could have pardoned Nauta and de Oliveira, making Cannon's position moot.

Reply to mainer (Reply #14)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 01:24 PM

Jan 21

They were just small fish caught up in something over their heads. And if they actually got convicted for helping Trump, Trump would probably pardon them anyway.

emulatorloo

(45,709 posts)

24. He was a great president, and none of your talking points will ever negate that.

Reply to mainer (Reply #14)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 02:29 PM

Jan 21

Your vague fact-free claims about ‘protection to take exercise executive action’ and your garbage code word insinuation that Biden is senile (‘careless’ and ‘inattentive’) are false. And despicable.

mainer

(12,257 posts)

25. Ask the Vindmans if they don't feel abandoned

Reply to emulatorloo (Reply #24)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 02:56 PM

Jan 21

Ask all those who risked their careers and even their safety to testify against Trump if THEY don't feel abandoned by Biden. They deserved protection, and Biden didn't give it. You want to call me despicable for just voicing an opinion? Nice.

I don't know why those loyal public servants didn't get the protection they deserved. I'm being charitable by calling it "carelessness." Because if it's not carelessness, then what is it? Ruthless lack of respect for those who risked everything to be patriots? Either way, it doesn't make Biden or his team look good.

Boomerproud

(8,561 posts)

30. You may be correct, but can the SC be trusted to

Reply to mainer (Reply #14)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 04:12 PM

Jan 21

treat all presidents equally except for 45/47 (gag). They only seem to protect Trump. Was it fear, or knowing it could be a legal jeopardy for President Biden to release the report? I don't know.

Miguelito Loveless

(4,776 posts)

16. Called it.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 12:42 PM

Jan 21

I said that unless it was released prior to the 20th, it would never be released. Every copy will now be destroyed. Biden failed us by not releasing it when he could have.