Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Skjaldborg]

Cannon's decision seems to be "it's illegal to appoint a Special Counsel".



In a related story, remember the Trump/Clinton debates when Trump said he would appoint Special Counsel to prosecute Clinton? That's right, the time he promised to jail a political opponent, and got thunderous applause? Turns out, that's only okay when Trump does it.

I agree with @Edge- this seems like just a delay move. "It's illegal to appoint Special Counsel" flies in the face of history. If it was unConstitutional, it would have come up before. It didn't. Except for Trump.

Clarence Thomas just recently declared (in the craptastic immunity ruling) that special counsels need to be appointed by Congress and are super whack, yo. Cannon’s new motion is likely her feasting on that tasty bone tossed to her by the most openly corrupt Justice.

So it’s not just her, the idea came from the tippy-top.

[Nymrohd]

Canon's likely gonna get slapped down by the 11th and cry about it or something. It's just another delay and in any functioning government she'd have been impeached for gross incompetence long ago, but she gives Republicans what they want (endless delays and taking ever batshit insane theory of the defense uber-seriously, treating everything as if it's new and novel even if it's not) she's protected for as long as Republicans have at least 38 Senators, I imagine.

I think it also helps to muddy the waters for people who only get the news from random headlines. For low information voters this just shows Trump being acquitted on a trial and helps push the narrative of "the system is out to get him"

[Breccia]

Clarence Thomas just recently declared (in the craptastic immunity ruling) that special counsels need to be appointed by Congress and are super whack, yo. Cannon’s new motion is likely her feasting on that tasty bone tossed to her by the most openly corrupt Justice.

So it’s not just her, the idea came from the tippy-top.

Just so we're clear, he's ignoring history, too. Thomas in particular was in office during Ken Starr.

[Skjaldborg]

I think it also helps to muddy the waters for people who only get the news from random headlines. For low information voters this just shows Trump being acquitted on a trial and helps push the narrative of "the system is out to get him"

I’d argue the opposite, this was his most obvious open-and-shut case and it pushed the narrative of «we the people have to punish Trump because he’s not getting any consequences for his crimes.»

[Drutt]

FUCK EILEEN CANNON. She just fucking dismissed the documents case. She should be removed as a fucking judge. It will be appealed and she should be fucking removed. She dismissed it because she thinks that Jack Smith had to be appointed by the Senate. He doesn't need to be.

If he needed to be, then the Hunter Biden case needs to be overturned.

It's probably a good thing overall. I cannot see how Smith won't push to have her removed now.

[Nymrohd]

I’d argue the opposite, this was his most obvious open-and-shut case and it pushed the narrative of «we the people have to punish Trump because he’s not getting any consequences for his crimes.»

But I am talking about low information voters. People who mostly have caught a headline or two about this and never read a full article, much less cross reference it from more than one source.

[tikcol]

Donald Trump continues the fight for the American People. Even a bullet to the head doesn't make him relent.

A true Warrior for his people and his great country.

He will be an inspiration for generations to come.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

It isn't alleged, his own classmates confirmed he is a die hard conservative.

That's the definition of "alleged"

[Nymrohd]

It isn't alleged, his own classmates confirmed he is a die hard conservative.

Oh that's interesting. Maybe he just hated Trump?

[Drutt]

I wonder if the timing of Cannon's dismissal is a coincidence or deliberate?

No better time to try and bury that kind of thing than after the media is focused on a literal assassination attempt, after all.

[DarkTZeratul]

I wonder if the timing of Cannon's dismissal is a coincidence or deliberate?

No better time to try and bury that kind of thing than after the media is focused on a literal assassination attempt, after all.

I'm inclined to say deliberate, but more in that it coincides with the RNC.

[Skjaldborg]

I wonder if the timing of Cannon's dismissal is a coincidence or deliberate?

No better time to try and bury that kind of thing than after the media is focused on a literal assassination attempt, after all.

More likely it just took her this long to compose the motion after Clarence Thomas gave the go-ahead earlier this month.

[Kaleredar]

Oh that's interesting. Maybe he just hated Trump?

It’s possible that he was incensed by Trump attempting to distance himself from project 2025 and viewed it as some sort of “betrayal.”


Like I said earlier, for as crazy and Trump and the trumpists are, recognize that there are people in the Republican electorate even crazier than that.

[Breccia]

J. D. Vance has successfully gotten Trump's attention and is his VP pick.

I guess he sucked up the hardest. Also, I think we knew that, I think the other high on the list names weren't at his shooting.

Well, that's the Republican party for you. Their idea of diversity is "our two straight white rich dudes are a few years apart in age".

[diller]

So that's the Christo-fascist guy that was against Trump originally as I recall - good thing they aren't using some middle-ground candidate VP, shows how dedicated they are to fascism.

[Stormspellz]

Oh that's interesting. Maybe he just hated Trump?

he had a lot of social media stuff about going after the Epstein ring and those files recently came out.

[Gorsameth]

Just so we're clear, he's ignoring history, too. Thomas in particular was in office during Ken Starr.

Is that fact relevant when the Supreme Court has to the power to say "we don't fucking care, our word is law"?

[Breccia]

Is that fact relevant when the Supreme Court has to the power to say "we don't fucking care, our word is law"?

Hopefully yes. Cannon's dismissal will be pulled back and eventually appealed to SCOTUS. By then, the election will be over. Either Trump will directly dismiss all the charges against himself, possibly by having Smith executed, or he'll have lost and there'll be no more reason to protect him.

[Edge-]

So...interesting consequence if Judge Cannon's ruling that "special counsel are unconstitutional unless appointed by the legislature" (which, again, is bullshit).

Does that mean Hunter Bidens conviction gets tossed? He was investigated by a non-Legislature-appointed special counsel.

[cubby]

I wonder if the timing of Cannon's dismissal is a coincidence or deliberate?

No better time to try and bury that kind of thing than after the media is focused on a literal assassination attempt, after all.

The media is so focused on the assassination attempt you could shoot someone in time square and get away with it.

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FUCK EILEEN CANNON. She just fucking dismissed the documents case. She should be removed as a fucking judge. It will be appealed and she should be fucking removed. She dismissed it because she thinks that Jack Smith had to be appointed by the Senate. He doesn't need to be.

If he needed to be, then the Hunter Biden case needs to be overturned.

She'll be sitting on the Federal Appellate Court if Trump is elected. Possibly SCOTUS.