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The legal action comes just weeks after #Navarro was indicted on #criminal charges after refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the #Jan6, 2021, #insurrection. Navarro served a 4-month #prison sentence after being found #guilty of misdemeanor charges.
The #civil cases alleges that by using the unofficial email account, Navarro failed to turn over presidential records to NARA.
As Judge #AileenCannon’s handling of the case has come under intensifying scrutiny, her critics have suggested that she could be in over her head, in the tank for #Trump — or both.
Against that backdrop, word of the early efforts by her colleagues on the bench to persuade her to step aside — & the significance of her decision not to do so — has spread among other federal #judges & the people who know them.
#WithoutFearOrFavor #Obstruction #ClassifiedDocuments #NationalSecurity #criminal #law
#AileenCannon’s assignment raised eyebrows bc she has scant trial experience & had previously shown unusual #favor to #Trump by intervening in a way that helped him in the #criminal investigation that led to his #indictment, only to be #reversed in a sharply #critical rebuke by a #conservative appeals #court panel.
The extraordinary…effort by Cannon’s colleagues to persuade her to step aside adds…to the increasing criticism of how she has handled the case.
The judges who approached Judge #AileenCannon —incl the #ChiefJudge in the So Dist of #Florida, Cecilia M. Altonaga— each asked her to consider whether it would be better if she were to decline the high-profile case, allowing it to go to another judge.
But Cannon, who was appointed by #Trump, wanted the case & refused the #judges’ entreaties.
#Bias #WithoutFearOrFavor #PartisanCourt #Obstruction #ClassifiedDocuments #NationalSecurity #law
Update:
“They met w/#Justice Dept personnel including #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith, but NOT #AttorneyGeneral #MerrickGarland or Deputy Attorney General #LisaMonaco, said people familiar w/the matter, who like others interviewed for this article spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a closed door proceeding.”
#Trump #ClassifiedDocuments #DOJ #Privilege #WhitePrivilege #WealthPrivilege #PowerAndPrivilege #Equity #EqualTreatmentUnderTheLaw #WithoutFearOrFavor #Obstruction #Espionage
…And in #Trump’s case, a meeting w/the #AttorneyGeneral would be even more unusual & problematic because the investigation is being led by #JackSmith, whose #SpecialCounsel appointment gives him greater autonomy than other prosecutors in the #Justice Dept. Under dept regs, the AG may overrule the special counsel ONLY IF the special counsel has failed to follow DOJ policies & practices.
#ClassifiedDocuments #WithoutFearOrFavor #WhitePrivilege #WealthPrivilege #PowerAndPrivilege #Obstruction
It is not unusual for lawyers for high-profile defendants to seek an audience w/snr #DOJ ofcls toward the end of a federal #criminal investigation. But it would be uncommon for such meetings to take place w/the #AttorneyGeneral, the nation’s top #law enforcement ofcl.
#Trump #ClassifiedDocuments #SpecialTreatment #Privilege #WhitePrivilege #WealthPrivilege #PowerAndPrivilege #Equity #EqualTreatmentUnderTheLaw #Impartiality #WithoutFearOrFavor #Obstruction #Espionage
Among the attys at the meeting were #JohnRowley & #JamesTrusty….
In late May, Rowley & Trusty sent a letter to #AttorneyGeneral #MerrickGarland asking for a meeting to discuss what they call the unfair treatment of their client by #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith, who is leading the probe.
#Trump #ClassifiedDocuments #SpecialTreatment #Privilege #WhitePrivilege #WealthPrivilege #PowerAndPrivilege #Equity #EqualTreatmentUnderTheLaw #Impartiality #WithoutFearOrFavor #Obstruction #Espionage
Here’s hoping #AttorneyGeneral #MerrickGarland didn’t actually grant a meeting to these yahoos…
Attts for #Trump came to the #DOJ Mon morning to make their case that the government should not charge the fmr president in connection w/his possession of #ClassifiedDocuments after leaving office….
#Privilege #WhitePrivilege #WealthPrivilege #PowerAndPrivilege #Equity #EqualTreatmentUnderTheLaw #WithoutFearOrFavor #Obstruction #Espionage
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/05/trump-lawyers-meeting-justice-doj/