Talk About Tennis 2.0

And here we go. Disgusting.

I have said it before. Biden has been an excellent president so far. A proper administrator.
But also look at Merrick Garland. Silent. Quite. You hear nothing from him. And yet, the jobs get done.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 8:42 pm
An image from the indictment shows boxes being stored in a bathroom at Mar-a-Lago. (Justice Department/AP)


An image from the indictment shows boxes being stored in a ballroom at Mar-a-Lago. (Justice Department/AP)


An image in the indictment shows records spilling out in a storage room at Mar-a-Lago. (Justice Department/AP)

I didn't notice that there are boxes piled up in the shower. You can see them to the right behind the shower curtain.

That is exactly what one lunatic can do. It just reminds me so much of what happened back home. One lunatics gets to power, and all the others come out too.

I feel for the valet...they will offer him a deal , if he takes it, he is dead..if he doesn't, he goes to jail...poor fellow

With Cannon being the judge, let the delay begin regardless of bench or jury trial

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 3:32 am I feel for the valet...they will offer him a deal , if he takes it, he is dead..if he doesn't, he goes to jail...poor fellow

Alex Wagner on MSNBC last night talked about how Navy people like Nauta, who's family is from Guam, cherish the chance to serve as "body man" to POTUS. He should've talked to someone about what he was being asked to do but hindsight from someone like me is 20/20 and when you're in the situation it's hard to see what's going on. The lawyer Corcoran saw what TFG was up to immediately and knew he was being set up to take the fall for whatever criming TFG was doing and made numerous and copious notes and recordings even as he tried to get another lawyer, Christina Bobb, to be the bag woman.

If he, Nauta, accepts the plea deal he will have to go into WitSec if he wants to survive.

A lot of people asked why the case will be tried in Florida. The answers fall into the following categories:
1. The crimes took place in Florida. They could've brought the case in DC but there would've been weeks (months) of challenges and accusations of judge shopping for obvious reasons.

2. Smith seems to want to take the politics out of it and following norms like indicting where the crimes took place was logical.

Also don't forget no one knew about this Florida Grand Jury until this week. The people on that jury are from the state of Florida.

Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges
Former president faces 37 counts, including obstruction and willful retention of classified documents

Former president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty in his first court appearance in the federal case brought against him in Miami. He was booked by authorities ahead of the hearing in connection with his alleged storage of highly sensitive documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate — and alleged lying and obstructing when federal officials tried to retrieve them. This is the first time a former president has been indicted on federal charges. Trump, who is running for president again, claims the prosecution by the Justice Department is politically motivated. Federal and local authorities ramped up security preparations ahead of Trump’s federal court appearance as his supporters demonstrated outside the courthouse.

Here’s what to know

“We most certainly enter a plea of not guilty,” Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche said in court.
Trump faces 37 charges related to his retention of and failure to return classified documents when the federal government demanded them. Read the full text of the indictment here.
Waltine “Walt” Nauta, Trump’s longtime valet, was listed as co-defendant in the indictment and appeared in court Tuesday alongside his boss. But Nauta did not enter a plea because he did not have legal representation.
Trump also has been indicted by a state-level grand jury in New York City for allegedly falsifying business records related to hush money payments to an adult-film star from 2016. He also faces legal exposure related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and the 2020 election in Georgia.

KEY UPDATE
5 min ago

Here’s what happens next in Trump’s classified documents case
By Nikolas Mourtoupalas

Now that former president Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 37 federal charges that he broke the law by keeping and hiding top-secret documents in his Florida home, the parties will probably next discuss how soon the government will turn over evidence in the case to Trump’s defense — a process known as discovery. Also to come up will be how to handle any classified evidence in the case, and how long to pause the federal 70-day speedy-trial requirement while both sides prepare any pretrial motions.

An arraignment was scheduled for Trump’s co-defendant, Waltine “Walt” Nauta, on June 27 because he did not have a local Florida lawyer to represent him on Tuesday.

The judge who took Trump’s plea says he is ‘almost certainly’ done with the case

By Mark Berman

The official overseeing the hearing today, U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman, was tasked with taking Trump’s plea of not guilty and discussed ways to limit the former president’s discussions of the case with potential witnesses.

And, according to Goodman, after overseeing the most high-profile arraignment in recent U.S. history, he is probably done with the case.

Goodman is a magistrate judge, the type of official who, in the federal system, handles preliminary matters such as initial appearances in criminal cases. District court judges, by comparison, are typically tasked with overseeing trials, ruling on what evidence can be admitted and presiding over tasks such as jury selection and sentencing.

In a ruling Monday — which rejected news organizations’ requests to allow photography and filming in the courtroom or nearby hallway — Goodman noted that he was going to be through with the case after the initial appearance.

“My involvement in this case will almost certainly end tomorrow,” he wrote. “I am handling tomorrow’s first appearance and arraignment only because of my status as duty magistrate judge in the Miami Division of this Court.”

The case has been assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Aileen M. Cannon, whose role is coming under intense scrutiny in part because she has previously issued rulings in Trump’s favor in a case connected with the indictment he now faces.

For his part, Goodman noted in his order Monday that he was not the magistrate judge paired with Cannon, adding that it was “highly unlikely that I will be asked to remain involved” after playing a role in the historic arraignment.

There was no discussion during the 45-minute court hearing of when, or where, Trump must next appear in court.

By Jabin Botsford and Mariana Alfaro
Former president Donald Trump has boarded his plane following his court appearance. He appeared defiant as he fist-bumped the air before leaving.

Also aboard the plane is Walt Nauta, Trump’s loyal aide who was also indicted by the Justice Department. Nauta appeared to be smiling as he boarded.


Walt Nauta, an aide, boards Trump’s airplane on Tuesday. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

I wonder if Nauta can quit? The talking heads made the point that he was in that courtroom because of TFG. They also emphasized that TFG is doing everything to keep Nauta at his side for obvious reasons. Isn't there a line between loyalty to job position and stupidity? TFG needs him not the other way around.