but there are other witnesses, paralegals, technical witnesses who appeared in this case, appeared for the prosecution who it seems to be should still get some protection from donald trump. and i think you are absolutely right about that lawrence. it was very clear that judge merchan looked at people like michael cohen and stormy daniels a little differently. they were making statements. carefully weighing that as the trial was going on. but you re right. this trial casts a much broader net. but i want to take a step back from all the legalities and look at how extraordinary it is that donald trump, facing sentencing with a real threat of imprisonment next month. his first order of business is give me latitude to attack people. rescind the gag order so that i don t know specifically from his request whether he wants to go after the daughter of the man who can send him to prison.
election fraud in georgia would disappear. the criminal prosecution of donald trump by manhattan district attorney alvin bragg would probably collapse since much of the conduct alleged in that case occurred while donald trump was president. the only criminal case that can survive a supreme court opinion saying that a president of the united states has total immunity from prosecution from anything that happens during their presidency would be jack smith s criminal case against donald trump in florida for the illegal possession of classified material in violation of the espionage act, after he was president. that is a case presided over by a judge appointed by donald trump who so far could not have been more friendly in her rulings in the case to donald trump and his defense lawyers. that federal judge appointed by donald trump, aileen mercedes cannon, has full discretion on sentencing in the case, with no mandatory minimum sentences.
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she is creating space for the trial that happened fastest under the most competent of judges, 20th can, to go ahead. if it s poetic justice. it is an interesting tale of two judges. as we saw tonight, judge chutkan is moving as fast as she possibly can in her courtroom in washington, d.c.. well giving fair time to the defense. she is a former defense lawyer, she is trained in the important values of due process. she is a judge with an impeccable reputation, and unlike aileen cannon, who does not really seem to know what she s doing, this judge knows exactly what she s doing and is terrific at it. but harvard law professor laurence tribe and potential future witness of the prosecution of donald trump in washington, d.c.. he doesn t need me, i assure you. he probably wouldn t need you anyway with the memo.
on. he was looking around, and they figured out that the only possible play she could ve gotten the idea was on fox news, where an ex lawyer for the ex president came up with this bizarre question that really is not relevant to anything. we she just showed her true colors, she was obviously trying to delay things for trump. in a way, it may have backfired, because as that trial gets postponed, the space has opened for the very important trial, the one that could go forward quite differently with one defendant, the co-defendants, including chaz brown, giuliani, there will probably be indicted separately. the one big trial for trying to overthrow the country and overthrow the democracy, it will not go full speed ahead well aileen cannon figures out had a clear the lane thinking that you will do a favor to donald trump trump.