January 6th legal proceedings and investigations megathread
Badger:
Quote from: Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin on May 01, 2024, 07:39:04 PM
As part of a larger investigation, NPR finds Cannon failed to file a disclosure of her attendance at an expenses-paid, privately funded seminar in Montana in 2021.
Cannon's response:
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Clerk of court Angela Noble told NPR in an email that the absence of the disclosure was due to technical issues with the court’s website and that “Any omissions to the website are completely inadvertent. The information you referenced should now be up to date.”
Even more troubling that the purported bookkeeping error are the details of the seminar in question:
New Report Reveals Link Between Judge Aileen Cannon and Leonard Leo
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According to financial documents reviewed by Accountable.US and reported by The Guardian, Cannon was once reimbursed for a six-day trip to a luxury lodge in Montana by George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School — a school that was named after the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia after he died in 2016 due to a $30 million donation organized by Leo. The purpose of the trip was for Cannon to attend the “Sage Lodge Colloquium,” a seminar held at the Sage Lodge resort and spa in 2021.
Unlike in recent scandals involving Justice Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, Cannon reported the gift on her 2021 financial disclosure form. But it’s unclear why the trip was reimbursed to begin with — though it’s relatively common for judges to have trips for speaking engagements paid for, Cannon isn’t listed as a speaker or teacher in the agenda for the gathering.
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“It’s no surprise that Judge Cannon has benefited from Leo’s well-funded network. Over decades, Leo has used shady tactics to curry favor with judges at all levels in service of his ultimate goal: to force an extreme, radical agenda on Americans,” said Accountable.US senior advisor Kyle Herrig. “Ultimately, it calls into question the judge’s impartiality and who she’s serving. Is she serving the American people or is she serving Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society?”
The question is presumably rhetorical.
It's always projection.
Hindsight was 2020:
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Saw this coming. Can she be kicked off the case now that it’s clear she’s obstructing the case to protect Trump?
Fmr. Pres. Duke:
Quote from: Hindsight was 2020 on May 07, 2024, 04:18:56 PM
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Saw this coming. Can she be kicked off the case now that it’s clear she’s obstructing the case to protect Trump?
She's buying him time so he can shut the case down when he gets back into office. Even if Smith moves to have her removed from the case, it won't happen in time for the election. If he's re-elected, he'll never face trial for this crime.
Ferguson97:
Put her in prison for life.
Progressive Pessimist:
Smith made a terrible mistake in not trying the case in DC. Being "fair" to Trump is never worth it, no matter the optics.
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