In an angry court filing, #Trump’s lawyers pushed back hard against the request by the office of the #SpecialCounsel, #JackSmith, to revise Trump’s conditions of release by forbidding him to make any public comments that might endanger federal agents working on the prosecution.
"The request to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon follows a false claim by Trump earlier this week that the FBI agents who searched his Mar-a-Lago estate in August 2022 were 'authorized to shoot me' and were 'locked & loaded ready to take me out & put my family in danger.'"
UK man arrested on suspicion of helping #Russian intelligence
Uptick reported in Russia-linked espionage cases across Europe in recent months, with suspected spies or saboteurs being arrested in the UK, #Poland, #Germany, #Greece, #Austria, #Latvia, #Italy, #Estonia, & other countries
UK authorities did not clarify the specifics of Phillips’ alleged #espionage activities but said that there was unlikely to be a threat to the public
Damning Evidence Blows Up Trump’s Espionage Crimes
Documents with classification markings discovered in Trump’s private quarters months after prosecutors had subpoenaed them and the FBI conducted its own exhaustive search of the property. Investigators had “strong evidence” that the former president “intended” to hide classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort, according to newly released court documents.
He told his staff to avoid security cameras when moving boxes.
That this case will not likely see the light of day in a courtroom before the election is just remarkable: “Once Trump realized that security cameras at Mar-a-Lago could capture his employees moving classified government information that officials were attempting to retrieve, he allegedly ensured that they would avoid the cameras when moving boxes.”
In a 2022 interview with NicolleDWallace, former CIA Officer Tracy Walder expressed concern that the documents unlawfully retained by former President Donald Trump could be linked to the deaths of CIA informants overseas. What caused her concern? The known timeline.
On May 6, 2021, the #USNatArchives
contacted the representatives of the former president demanding he return the documents that he had unlawfully retained and concealed.
August 26, 2022: The discovery of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, posing a significant risk to human intelligence sources, emphasizes the serious legal and security implications of Trump's mishandling of classified information after his presidency.
March 27, 2023: Trump's comments during an interview about the FBI's search for classified documents at Mar-a-Lago reveal his misunderstanding of the Presidential Records Act and suggest an unconventional perspective on the ownership and monetization of sensitive information. His comparison to Nixon and the implication of monetizing classified documents indicates a significant departure from standard views on national security, raising serious questions about the potential risk to U.S. interests.
In a remarkable move, Trump-appointed judge Aileen Cannon vacated (cancelled) the May 20th trial date in Donald Trump's stolen classified documents/obstruction of justice/Espionage case in Florida, and she announced that she will be setting no trial date. This is particularly outrageous given that Trump's own lawyers had previously suggested an August trial date.
Cannon's conduct is reminiscent of some of the evidence in Trump's New York case: David Pecker, head of Enquirer tabloid magazine, was involved in a crooked scheme with Trump to catch and kill damaging stories to help the criminal in the 2016 election. Now, it sure looks like Judge Cannon is Catching and Killing Trump's Espionage case, which undoubtedly will help Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
Regarding Judge Cannon's pro-Trump bias, the recusal cup runneth over. Hopefully, Special Counsel Jack Smith agrees, and finally files a motion to REMOVE Judge Aileen "Pecker" Cannon from presiding over Trump's Florida prosecution.
In the federal criminal trial for crimes under the Espionage Act Indictments in United States of America v. Donald Trump it's 37 felony counts against Trump include willfully retaining national defense information in violation of the Espionage Act, making false statements, obstructing justice, and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
How I see Cannons conduct: I'm postponing this trial indefinitely because there are many issues that need to be resolved that I can resolve, but won't.
Cannon's impartiality can be reasonably questioned, the standard for removal.
Ridiculous that #AileenCannon says that there are "novel & difficult" #CIPA issues when her delays have meant the CIPA issues have barely been considered by the court. The only section of CIPA she has considered was §4, which is straightforward.