OA 1052
OA 1052: I Think This Judge Cannon Might Not Be on the Level was an Opening Arguments episode that was published on 2024-07-19 about Judge Aileen Cannonʼs dismissal of the classified documents case against Donald Trump.
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- Dated: 2024-07-19
- Hosts: Thomas Smith, Matt Cameron
- Subjects: Aileen Cannon, Jack Smith, Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (classified documents case)
Podcast description
OA1052
CAAAANNNONNNNNBALLLLLL! Judge Aileen Cannon has just made a major splash in the Trump trials by dismissing the entire federal classified documents case based on her findings that special prosecutor Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed. We try our best to pretend that this 93-page decision is a regular order released by a normal judge, at least for a few minutes, before moving on to ask: Should we have seen this coming? Does this explain Clarence Thomas’s weirdly unprompted thoughts on the same subject in the Trump immunity case earlier this month? What happens next, and is there any chance it could happen without Fort Pierce, Florida’s best, worst, and only federal judge?
BONUS PATRON CONTENT: Patrons will also hear us listen to the New York Times rub its collective chin as its The Daily podcast considers Aileen Cannon’s mysterious ways and unknowable motives.
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- ↑ Baltakatei: 2024-09-08: IA: link.
- ↑ Baltakatei: 2024-09-08: Specifically, Aileen Cannon says the use of “official” in “The Attorney General may appoint officials— …to detect and prosecute crimes against the United States” (used by the DOJ to appoint special counsel) means the appointed official must already be an official approved by Congress, despite precedent (e.g. United States v. Nixon) showing this wasnʼt a requirement. Thomas Smith gives the analogy that appointing an ambassador does not require the ambassador to already be an ambassador; the whole point of appointing an official is to make someone who was not an official, an official.
