'This is an attack on the rule of law': Former judge slams Trump's 'demagoguery' against Merchan

A hearing is underway in former President Trump's classified documents case. Also, closing arguments in Trump's hush money trial are set for Tuesday. Criminal defense attorney Danny Cevallos and former New York City Judge George Grasso join José Díaz-Balart to weigh in on Trump's legal woes.
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'This is an attack on the rule of law': Former judge slams Trump's 'demagoguery' against Merchan
#Trump #JudgeMerchan #Trial

[@kerrialexander4211]

Sorry, I just cannot listen to Danny Cevalos this early in the day…Judge Cannon should be removed from this case!

[@jeffmcgowan132]

there is no case.. if you really think that paper work was really meaning full they would have took them documents on jan6th..

[@GottaDance56]

​@@jeffmcgowan132those documents were in the White House, not Congress.

[@MasonCash2024]

@@jeffmcgowan132 No case?????? you blind little child. Stevie Wonder can see there is a case

[@jeffmcgowan132]

its funny how they cry now over paper work..2.1/2 years.. must not be any thing big in the paper work .. lol .. its all a dem hit job@@GottaDance56

[@jeffmcgowan132]

whos job is it to make sure the gove gets the paper work..hmmmm.. it has to be a dem they are the ones that fail to protect.. borders.. capital .. @@GottaDance56

[@redalert2834]

If you can't hear the alarm bells ringing at maximum volume over Aileen Cannon, you must be deaf.

[@haunteddragon9515]

I’m deaf and can hear it!!

[@kelperdude]

Americans love her. 💙💗💙💗💙💗

[@lynpersaud2356]

She likes 🧡 orange crush

[@fletcherreed3259]

Fani?

[@PointofConnection]

I hear the ring of truth with Aileen Cannon. It doesn't bother me.

[@BrokerBarbara119]

Remove Cannon immediately! She is biased period...

[@letsgetevil5977]

Why? Because someone told you to say that? Give me a factual argument.

[@terriseaton3049]

@@letsgetevil5977Are you REALLY this STUPID? Or not following news/politics? OR WHAT!!!

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

@@letsgetevil5977 Check out her decisions. ALL in favour of delay. All in favour of Trump.

[@JD365-ls5cw]

And Merchan isn’t?

[@craigholcombe1901]

Biden had records in 4 locations and he didn't have authority to have them Trump did Under presidents records act

[@snowrose101]

Judge Cannon has had plenty of time to work on these motions. She simply has NOT made the decisions.

[@MarkSmith-pb2ly]

President Trump should make honest Judge Cannon, VP.

[@snowrose101]

@@MarkSmith-pb2ly 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ericwright8177]

You're 💯 percent right. She's simply not doing her job. She's being advised by the Federalist Society. Corruption out front

[@j.b.macadam6516]

Remember, their tactics are delay, distort, and distract!

[@cdubya3071]

Loose Cannon has been being coached from Day 2. Correct, she is not making the decisions on how to delay, delay and delay- she’s not experienced enough to walk the fine line she’s walking. SC Smith and Team are strategizing on the best use of their One Shot.

[@Sarth824]

Convict Trump for 2024!

[@JD365-ls5cw]

Not gonna happen 😂😂

[@katrinarucker9773]

​@@JD365-ls5cwYou're over cooking your 🍳 pal.

[@JD365-ls5cw]

@@katrinarucker9773 what?

[@danoalex2977]

Derp

[@kbwaldron]

Why would Trump need to know he was committing a crime? What happened to ignorance of the law is no excuse?

[@willowvons]

Exactly! Has that ever worked for anyone else, or at least those who don't have power and money?

[@quantumleaper]

Trump is the god emperor? /s

[@snowrose101]

It depends on how the law is written.

[@PointofConnection]

If your ok with Trump, it is pointless. If you hate him, then let your imagination run wild.

[@reason6835]

It’s written into the law. Some crimes require criminal intent. Some don’t.

[@richyp64]

I'm reliving the horrors of that infamous January day all over again. Just thinking about the shaman and those big horns walking through the capitol building and how close we came to losing our democracy is so traumatizing.

[@t.r.campbell6585]

I am thinking of Bob Menendez, who was working in the interest of foreign governments and who was being paid by these foreign governments in gold.

[@13bustah]

@@t.r.campbell6585 he is a (D) so it is ok free pass for Bob the traitor and (D)estroyer 0f (D)emocracy.

[@carolynnabours7530]

I will never forget it. I was standing there crying and screaming, and not understanding why it went on so long and no policemen showing up by herds. I just knew people were going to die, and they did.

[@JackMeHofff1775]

​@@carolynnabours7530No police officers were killed. Wake up.

[@mrsplanetmaster9]

​@@t.r.campbell6585... Politics is corrupt .. 2024 I lean on safer options... IMO.. PEACE 🕊️ for everybody.. and supporting ....🗽💙

[@kevent1823]

When the Representative of the constitution shows no respect for the constitution that is the end of it. So sad.....

[@bob-bobloblaw3469]

"no respect for the constitution" .. Kinda like importing millions of illiterate unskilled hostile illegal immigrants?

[@carla2012app]

@biggame8927 YOu mean the former guy, right?? That is correct, he has no respect for the Constitution, and never really did.

[@kevent1823]

@@carla2012app Sorry, its my bad. I misunderstood you. I thought you direct at Biden administration.

[@MaryWollstonecraft10]

Judge Loose Cannon is utilizing the same dilatory tactics that F45's team employs to avoid trials: Delay, Deny, and Derail.

[@iyamwhatiyam547]

how about WE VOTE! we can't speed up the judicial process in FL but WE can make sure that TFG never gets near our WH again. VOTE Biden/Harris 2024 Vote straight D locally and federally. VOTE!

[@MaryWollstonecraft10]

@@iyamwhatiyam547 Completely agree. Please don't split your ticket, voters: That's how we ended up with a Heritage Foundation majority SCOTUS that turned every woman and girl into a 2nd class citizen and is both a cabal and cadre for F45.

[@user-fp3do5nn2h]

As crooked as the day is long .

[@user-fp3do5nn2h]

​@@iyamwhatiyam547She's like an obnoxious child .

[@Kim59329]

I'm over Trump and his manipulation of everything

[@juelasejdo1706]

Voting blue is the Trump repellant 💙💙💙

[@iyamwhatiyam547]

VOTE!

[@warrenparker8282]

And Joe thinks he was vice president during covid. Ha ha ha

[@gustavodeugarte9460]

​@@warrenparker8282 What a crime!..meanwhile during the Covid Trump pretending to be a Doctor, suggested "bleach".thousands died...

[@coronabuster3611]

So you believe that Donald Trump is so powerful that he is manipulating the president, CIA, FBI, media, facts, the courts, and 1/2 of the US public.......one man is doing all that. Perhaps it's more logical that the president, CIS, FBI, courts, and media are the ones with more power and are manipulating everything. Then again, I doubt you use logic or research facts. Just go believe what you're told.

[@Leota-ik1]

I am sorry but that Danny guy is atrocious. He always makes comments to hedge against the obvious. Is Cannon slow walking the case; absolutely. Should RUMP be prosecuted; absolutey. There is no ambiguity Danny boy. The case is pretty straight forward. Cannon could easily do her job and still get the case started well after the election. She has willfully and deliberately tried to waylay the case in any way she can short of an actual ruling. She is playing a game of cat and mouse with the prosecution. The latter is the American public too

[@jimeagle5509]

He’ll be back in the Oval Office within a year. Better move to Venezuela, socialist paradise.

[@philipd8868]

Agreed

[@sheilaboston7051]

Cannon could easily do her job and still get the case started well *_BEFORE_* the election :)

[@juelasejdo1706]

Vote blue so the crazy Trump goes away

[@iyamwhatiyam547]

It's simple right, our control mechanism is VOTING. Vote Biden/Harris 2024, VOTE Democrat locally and federally. VOTE!

[@only2genders02]

I'm voting for Trump. I always root for the underdog.

[@chriscoff835]

@@iyamwhatiyam547 people are going to vote, this time based on Biden's record. Biden is behind in every swing state with the exception of Michigan... because he has done a terrible job with the economy/inflation/border. He's still claiming inflation was 9% when he took office, the actual number was 1.4%...he also said "Americans have the money to spend" when asked about grocery prices being up 30% and rent doubling since he took office. He's going to lose BIG

[@iainherridge6253]

​@@only2genders02NO U DON'T!

[@pgmreallaw]

Oh yeah, because voting Blue will be so much better than the last 3 years!!

[@evanryan194]

A president of the US who is a foreign agent?

[@SueFerreira75]

Trump has likely been a Russian asset for years. The best investment Putin ever made.

[@fletcherreed3259]

He’s right under your nose and you’ve been totally fooled.

[@billieg826]

Trump's behavior is yet to shock me.

[@therondayview7684]

America has already experienced that. It's up to Americans not to let it happen twice.

[@kelperdude]

That's joe.

[@sandradavis74]

Trump needs to be jail. VOTE BLUE VOTE BLUE 💙

[@josephjones825]

NO NO

[@Americasinertia]

I say that about your corrupt cannibal

[@thehaywire8889]

Nope

[@kb6378]

FD JT

[@kelperdude]

The country has been a mess for three years.

[@gsbrockway349]

Incompetent? Cannon may not be experienced, but she sure looks preferential

[@iyamwhatiyam547]

Cannon is inexperienced. She's heard only a small handful of cases since her appointment and her prior experience cannot be drawn on, she's in over her head.

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

@@iyamwhatiyam547 Learning on the job. And schooled by an Insurrectionist.

[@rt-420]

Make this nightmare of a man go away, vote blue! I know I am. 🌊

[@kelperdude]

My family has lost way too much money with joe, so no.

[@rt-420]

@@kelperdude. Sure dude! 🙄

[@bob-bobloblaw3469]

"nightmare" .. Kinda like the $1300/month cost-of-living increase under China Cho Bydong?

[@j.b.macadam6516]

@@kelperdude Ah, I see where your true loyalty lies....personal wealth over the Constitution, Democracy, the Law, and the Nation! How very selfish of you!

[@MarkSmith-pb2ly]

Replace the statue of Liberty with a statue of MAGA Trump.

[@GeneTurner-gg4yo]

This Danny guy gets on my efffing nerves!!! C'mon guys why are we even bothering to talk about the documents case? Evidence doesn't matter. Everybody knows that Aileen is the only cannon that needs to be fired!!!

[@patcomerford5596]

Cevallos is more Fox News than MSNBC.👎

[@cattails1166]

Really...an apologist for corrupt Cannon? How much was he paid or what do they have on him?

[@ericwright8177]

Agree 💯 percent. This case has so much public knowledge of evidence That's damning and proof. Obstructing Justice front and center VOTE BLUE 💙💙💙💙💙

[@therondayview7684]

It seems to me Judge Cannon has no experience and is trying to wait out the clock until someone replaces her and takes the pressure off her. That she's a Trump supporter is secondary to her inexperience which in turn looks very like controlled incompetence.

[@kelperdude]

canon caught smith lying to the court.

[@waterfuntimes]

@@ericwright8177 And that's like the Georgia case, where trump's ON RECORD demanding 11,780 votes that weren't there. For anyone else, that would be an open and shut conviction.

[@u2mister17]

@@ericwright8177 No Family?

[@sharonmiliam3416]

Please get it OUT of Cannon's COURT !!!

[@jimough2441]

One disagreement. Trump aligned judges, from top to bottom, are biased and acting in the best interest of Donald Trump. Recusal is the least of actions that must be taken.

[@sheilaboston7051]

Actually, quite a few of them were amongst those who threw out his vacuous 2020 election appeals. Cannon, unfortunately, seems to have taken off justice's blindfold.

[@peterwainwright5994]

These guys certainly give Cannon more slack than most!...she's been overturned before and even floated the idea the ex president should be given special treatment!....she shouldn't really be dealing with a case after the appointment by Trump on a life tenure.

[@stevenp25100]

The judge that ordered trump pay 600k was overturned 5 times in new york. You didn't care then, did you?

[@user-lb6hp6se4g]

How do we as a nation get America's worst traitor, most nefarious politician put into prison? What does it take to get rid of incompetent Judge Cannon? Who pays her? What is her pay?

[@jimeagle5509]

Sounds sort of insurrection-y

[@iyamwhatiyam547]

The federal gov pays Judges. Everything is not a conspiracy, this case will be heard as long as WE VOTE. Vote Biden/Harris 2024. Vote all Democrat in all offices local and federal. VOTE!

[@stevenp25100]

@jimeagle5509 has there ever been an unarmed insurrection 🤣🤣🤣

[@mitchhills4747]

@@stevenp25100 Yes, there has but in any event, on Jan 6th, people WERE ARMED. Stop playing down a day that was a stain on America.

[@nebtheweb8885]

She is a fedreal judge appointed by the orange turd AFTER he had lost the election. Federal judges can only be removed through impeachment by the House of Representatives and conviction in the Senate. Federal Judges and justices serve no fixed term. They serve until their death, retirement, or conviction by the Senate. Therefore impeachment would require bipartisanship which is unlikely to happen because of the ReTrumpliCon cult presence in Congress that already exists.

[@waterfuntimes]

"New judge" = euphemism for "Incompetent judge" ???

[@TimeSurfer206]

I just had to tell my neighbors that the FBI was authorized to use deadly force the day they were issued guns and badges. Somehow, they seem confused about how the Police work.

[@Kenzie_Hill]

Ppl running for office should be held at a higher standard, not be granted a pass to commit crimes 🤦‍♀️

[@razakabbas4253]

Attack on the rule of law? And the people making the attack are the legislators-the law makers. Think of the ramifications of such behaviors for the country going forward. Obscene!

[@DemoCatMan]

Ambiguous, ~it should not and can not exist, if we want our country to exist.

[@curanderoverde]

The real question is when is Trump not lying or criming?

[@nebtheweb8885]

When he is sleeping in court.

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

When he's sleeping.

[@abra_kadabra805]

How is she (the judge) appointed by Dump, not a conflict of interest??? SMGDH 😡

[@ericwright8177]

Exactly. Republicans always claim. This is a Clinton appointment .... But Trump's Federalist Judges are political Hacks.

[@deborahpitcher7723]

They snuck her in there is what they did. Trump bought and paid for her and so far she’s a good loyal follower. What a disgrace for America.

[@MarkSmith-pb2ly]

Judge Merchan is corrupt and should be dis-barred and jailed.

[@iyamwhatiyam547]

It's not a conflict of interest. A former POTUS has been charged with criminal activities in 4 jurisdictions. One of those indictments is in Cannons district, her name was drawn for this case. There's no conspiracy. She's inexperienced and it shows. WE NEED TO VOTE Biden/Harris so that TFG will face all his days in court and likely without the support of the GOP and its affiliates money. VOTE like you mean it!

[@nonya.bizness]

it is. but compared to everything else tfg has and is doing that conflicts with our democracy and the rule of law, no one seems to have the time or energy to confront this blatant conflict. as soon as her name was drawn they should have skipped to the next name. her name should not actually have been entered into the draw on a complex, high-profile, extremely important, historic case like this in the first place. she has virtually no experience presiding over ANY trial of any sort. it's like allowing a 1st year intern to do open heart surgery solo. if she had the potential to, in the future, become a knowlegable, ethical, savvy courtroom judge some day, she would have recused herself from this epic case for all of those reasons.

[@NickRichards]

Fantastic guests. Judge George Grasso .. great insight. And he sits the court on every day. So he's an authority. Way to go MSNBC.

[@mholland9330]

Cannon isn't just "slow-walking" this case, she's BLOCKING this case from proceeding. 🇺🇲

[@innerlocus]

How small do you have to be for the idea of a chandelier in the bathroom, 🤣 to make you feel affluent.

[@slayeroftrolls1200]

If Trump got a DUI he’d tell his sheep he was arrested just for driving and then his sheep would turn it into a buzz phrase and sarcastically spew it on every media outlet they could

[@RiDankulous]

I honestly despise Trump voters

[@kristinae.7084]

The artist doing the courtroom sketches is AMAZING!

[@fps079]

What a crock, people making more excuses for Cannon's complicity. You should be ashamed that your standards are so low.

[@b_northof5369]

If you are commenting on if Judge Cannon is slow walking the case, the people you interview should be familiar with all aspects of the case.

[@RobBCactive]

They appear to have forgotten how she illegally asserted jurisdiction and instigated the special master BS, causing delay and her being excoriated by the conservative circuit appeals court.

[@iyamwhatiyam547]

Yep, I just see an inexperienced, possibly intimidated new Fed Judge over doing everything. She may be asked to step aside for that reason.

[@RobBCactive]

@@iyamwhatiyam547 intimidated? That's absolute BS, she actually interfered in the lawful execution of the search warrant in an extraordinary irregular judicial action. She wanted in and unfortunately when the lot for trial judge she got it from 2 other judges and she had every reason to recuse after her debacle and admonishment by the appeal circuit court. She's there to avoid Trump facing justice for 33 boxes of stolen federal documents including hundreds of classified ones.

[@smoomanchew]

Stop sitting on the fence danny. Thats pathetic. Are you trying to get a position with Maga.

[@charlesphoenix4383]

Did he say that dTrumpf was a politician? Sheeeeeeeeeit!!

[@Werrf1]

So either Judge Cannon is incompetent, in which case she should resign and go back to a job she's capable of, or she's corrupt, in which case she should resign and go back to a job where it doesn't matter so much.

[@lynnrunningdeer7364]

Nothing is gonna happen🤬. Make Acountabilty Great Again 🤬!

[@kathrynmcglynn3646]

Third photograph in there is a printer, A PRINTER, up against the wall on the right side of the photo, with yet more boxes in front of it.

[@brettfavrewelfarequeen9886]

Pinter, copier, and fax machine.

[@Hikoripeyote]

That's so the Russians could be comfortable while photocopying the documents Have sandwiches sent in toilet right there Less movement for the security cameras to record What would be interesting is if access was available thru other than the door😊

[@frostfree7]

@MasterBlaster-pe5os 3 month old troll, stick around and you'll learn a few things.

[@micheleconner5083]

Does make a person wonder why those boxes were put in a room with a copy machine. Wonder how many copies he managed to get made before they were confiscated? And how much he sold them for,and to whom!!

[@moreagarcia3421]

It is impirtant for the American People to know if Trump is guilry or not guilty before the voting happens Perhaps many people would not want to vote for a convicted ex president. What a concept.

[@Lovefury455]

If you throw as many indictments at your political rival as you can and one of them sticks your opponent will likely lose. What a concept.

[@L3L3L3]

@@Lovefury455except that’s not happening. A known fraud was handed long-overdue indictments has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with decades of criminal activity.

[@frostfree7]

@@Lovefury455 Who's you? Prosecutors in multiple states? the DOJ? I don't suppose the criminal himself could be responsible for any of his crimes ....

[@snoops5581]

@@Lovefury455Trump tried doing it to Hilary & Biden during his presidency & couldn’t find anything so he was just making things up as he went along. Remember when he withheld aid to to Ukraine unless Zelenskyy came up with something on the Biden’s & they didn’t have any evidence to show for it? He keeps accusing others of the crimes he’s committed.

[@ianmcdonald782]

​@@Lovefury455 I take it you have no clue what a grand jury is or how indictments works? Don't worry, the actual adults who understand the process can confirm it's working as intended. Multiple separate grand juries of ordinary citizens found that a crime most likely occurred in all separate cases. It's impossible for one person to do what you're suggesting in the US, and you have to be profoundly uneducated to not immediately spot the stupidity of that statement.

[@morrisphillips6518]

Remember the Rosenbergs? Trump could be facing the death penalty, grifting can be a dangerous business model.

[@AliBaba-sw8sv]

Where’s a speedy trial when you need one.

[@JusticeAlways]

Trump has definitely compromised our military....no doubt.

[@kelperdude]

joe is like those two. he showed classified docs.

[@iyamwhatiyam547]

No one is looking at the death penalty ffs. Geesh, just stop the dramatics. He needs to face justice. IF we VOTE he will face justice. VOTE Biden/Harris. he'll face justice without the endless CASH from the GOV and their affiliates. He'll be toast. VOTE!

[@kb6378]

The defendants Entourage aka the dirty diaper Brigade

[@eliseleonard3477]

More Judge Grasso please!! He’s delightful and has specific knowledge and experience of that court system.

[@johnconnor1847]

Suspended indefinitely 👈🏻😁

[@DemoCatMan]

Indefinitely, Definitely Incompetently Suspended Indefinitely. 😁🤣 Means, her incompetent suspension is temporary "Finitely speaking".

[@johnconnor1847]

@@DemoCatMan Trump is running for president. Trump is leading nearly every battleground state and swing state. Every Trump rally is breaking attendance records, even in blue states. The trial will not happen this year, next year or in five years. Your political straight jacket just got tighter.

[@danoalex2977]

@@DemoCatManderp

[@Indra.artist]

Why not have a different judge file equitable jurisdiction over Cannon?

[@CyNibbsSr]

DJT: Is the "HUB" He charges the spokes around him to do his bloody dirty business.

[@epochchange6803]

There are two issues here with Cannon. One is that she has the unenviable distinction of being the first judge ever to handle a case of this precedent and enormity, so no one can say that another judge might have handled this case any better, as far as the huge volume of documents she has to deal with and the endless evidential hearings and motions. The other issue is that Cannon has bent over backwards for Dump, accommodating him at almost every level with his delay requests, despite being chastised by the Circuit Court of Appeals. It doesn't win her much sympathy.

[@allyfire7915]

Cannon should be impeached

[@MoonWalkCTO]

"i don't know of a case...." well bud you about to see your first one as Canon chucks it out

[@user-qn6sv4wx9z]

Oh come on, he signed the checks that had backup with it.

[@JackMeHofff1775]

Postponed Indefinitely!!! 😂🤣🤣

[@iyamwhatiyam547]

The news said indefinitely, Cannon did not use that term. The FL case was set for 5/22, today. TFGs still on trial in Manhattan. Its logistics, not conspiracy.

[@JackMeHofff1775]

@@iyamwhatiyam547 It's okay. You can say it with me, "Postponed Indefinitely!!!" 😂😂🤣👆

[@camelshyte.stardust.heroes]

*☀️Daily reminder☀️* *🔸️Updated🔸️* Concerning action that you, the US citizens, can take against judge Cannon. Not only her, but also justices Alito and Thomas: Glenn Kirschner, in a recent video on his channel titled *"Judge Aileen Cannon's Bias Is Showing,"* explains step-by-step how every concerned and angry American can file a judicial misconduct complaint form with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to insist that Cannon be removed from the case and a fair, impartial, and independent judge be assigned trump's federal case in Florida. *Update:* In a more recent video (towards the end of it) on Brian Tyler's channel titled *"Prosecutor takes on Supreme Court amid new scandal,"* Mr. Kirschner urges everyone to also file misconduct complaints (on the same website where you file againstCannon) against justices Alito and Thomas. One form per person. What do you have to lose, good people; *help make justice matter!* 👊 ⚖️ 👊

[@philgroves7694]

Thanks for the info!

[@PaulaMion]

Have you posted this on Meidas Touch? If not, I think that would be a good lace to. A lot of good advocates there.

[@camelshyte.stardust.heroes]

As a foreigner (Norwegian), all I can do is to pass on the information about this recourse which Mr. Kirschner presents you Americans with. This (spreading the word) is something _everyone_ can do, however, and I encourage you all to get the word out here on youtube as well as to family, friends, relatives, and acquaintances. *Good luck, folks, and thank you!*

[@camelshyte.stardust.heroes]

​@@philgroves7694 👍✨️

[@camelshyte.stardust.heroes]

​@@PaulaMion 👍 I'm posting it on MeidasTouch, CNN, Brian Tyler, Beau of the Fifth Column, among a few others.

[@13bustah]

what rule of law?

[@peacheswilliams4539]

The rule of law that applies to the average citizen...The wealthy are ABOVE the law.

[@jimeagle5509]

Who’s winning the daily Victimhood Olympics at the jury-stalking network today …? Thanks ~Jim Eagle

[@imjoebuckyall2891]

MSCCCP -- Sets a world record each week in the Victimhood Olympics.

[@racookster]

Regarding Allen Weisselberg never taking the stand: the defense could have called him. The prosecution couldn't have kept him out, but then the defense would have had another witness as bad as Robert Costello, or worse. Weisselberg is sitting in prison for perjury. Prosecutors would have torn him apart.

[@Pidabred1]

this period of our history will be known as THE BIG DELAY ........ all with a Chief Justice who publically displays extreme bias and in an unpatriotic way. WE SHOULD BE SO PROUD OF WHAT WE HAVE CREATED! redwhiteandbluehoo

[@IanMcGarrett]

The Mar a Lago documents case should have been resolved long before now but Judge Cannon hasn't even yet addressed the CIPA aspects of the case.

[@loman1225ify]

This judged need to be disbarred shouldn't be judged

[@Verodeslilas]

Is he justifying what Cannon does ?!!!!

[@annestovgaard681]

If she can´t handle a case of this size, she should excuse herself and get a more experienced judge on it. Like in a normal job, you can´t just postpone your work, because it is hard... What if everybody chose that solution? 😂

[@frostfree7]

What a legacy. Either the world's slowest judge, or corrupt to the core, or both.

[@johnniemcbride2772]

"Ignorance of the law is no excuse in any country. If it were, the laws would lose their effect because it can always be pretended." Thomas Jefferson

[@bobloblaw6570]

"Ignorance of the law" .. Kinda like the 40+ million illegal immigrants in the US?

[@dtripp32]

Please, she knew what she was doing! We all see it! 🙄

[@amandamillar9616]

Appreciate the frank and neutral discussion here.

[@johnmassie9703]

The president, should be expected to be the first to abide by the law, in other to lead anything.

[@bobloblaw6570]

"abide by the law" .. Kinda like China Cho Bydong inviting millions of illegal immigrants into the country?

[@MisterM-ow6qk]

If you are not the attorney's for this case you shouldn't be giving legal advice to persuade the jury. Shame on these networks that allow this including MSNBC.

[@user-db6ps7pb7d]

These guys are just bias, listened to them before they never have anything positive to say! Pretty sure they’re MAGA!

[@cdubya3071]

There’s no stopping the media from reporting this and spinning it their way. Shame on you for not understanding that. The Jury has been instructed to not follow media and follow the facts. We know that one of the Jury members gets his news from Fox and Sloth Social. He’s not going to watch MSNBC. Ged ova it.

[@iyamwhatiyam547]

its a 24/7 news cycle. Talking heads are gonna talk.

[@nonya.bizness]

what? legal advice to who? persuade the jury how? they're court ordered not to consume any media until the case wraps. you're basically asking for a worldwide gag order on this case. not gonna happen. calm down.

[@MisterM-ow6qk]

@@nonya.bizness You apparently don't have ears or have been oblivious and hiding under a rock. You think the jury isn't going to turn on the TV and listen to all these networks. Foolish "IT" 🤣

[@user-os7ld4wq8n]

GUILTY!!!!!

[@RolandFergurson-uq7cl]

I served as an assistant to a public prosecutor. What amazed me when I first went in, It's the theory was to throw everything against the wall and see what sticks. Several times I dismissed cases And the senior prosecutor overrode my decision and refiled the cases.

[@john749]

This judge should be in jail for covering for Trump

[@warrenparker8282]

What are you talking about??

[@john749]

@@warrenparker8282 judge Cannon delaying this trial as much as she can while new photos of Nauta moving and hiding boxes of classified documents for Trump. He even had them in his bedroom

[@warrenparker8282]

@john749 why can't trump use the excuse that he was a elderly man with a poor memory and not suffer any consequences like Joe did ??

[@john749]

@@warrenparker8282 because Joe cooperated with the investigation and gave it back. Trump purposely kept Nuclear secrets and refused to give it back and went out of his way to decieve the FBI.

[@WallyPyneoil]

Rampant misogyny here. Awful.

[@jimgrice3577]

Grasso is on point.

[@mustafa1name]

The criticism of Cannon is not only over speed, that is a complete mischaracterization. If Cevallos hasn't been following the case, he should not be on screen talking about it. For a start, she, for no legal reason, intervened in the investigation leading up to this case. That is unprecedented and brazen. She appointed a special master in bad faith, demonstrating bias and naked partisanship. Her failure to recuse herself from the trial is, therefore, utterly outrageous and creates the appearance of impropriety. The FACT of impropriety has been shown, beyond reasonable doubt, by her subsequent conduct Failing to make even basic decisions for months, then making terrible ones, things a first year law student would get right, she has then taken months to walk them back - that's not incompetence, carefulness or "slowness", it is deliberate, malicious delay.

[@frostfree7]

Good summary!

[@johnconnor1847]

What case?

[@fomfom9779]

If you still haven't figure it out. Maybe wait until the Judge's jury instructions are issued.

[@medic1073]

Good job dude, don't let the truth get in the way of a lie.

[@MarkSmith-pb2ly]

Why is this crooker Judge attacking the Rule of Law?

[@brettfavrewelfarequeen9886]

She was appointed by Trump.

[@MarkSmith-pb2ly]

@@brettfavrewelfarequeen9886 Judge Merchant?

[@brettfavrewelfarequeen9886]

@@MarkSmith-pb2ly Judge Merchan is not attacking the rule of law, Judge Cannon is.

[@hgjvoesten]

Kick him in jail. Period

[@Simo-nk1oq]

🎼Come on Aileen Well I swear At this moment You mean everything 🎼

[@micheleconner5083]

🎶🎶🎶and to think I used to like that song.

[@t.r.campbell6585]

No, this is an attack on a corrupt judge. This is an attack on a judge who limits evidence, limits debate and does not create a fair system of justice.

[@WallyPyneoil]

Merchan, yeah?

[@jimeagle5509]

Have democrats declared a national day of mourning for Ebrahim Raisi yet …? Thanks ~Jim Eagle

[@jasonm1827]

Waste of oxygen troll

[@noway1844]

After Ashley babbitt day. In two weeks 😂😂😂😂

[@chrismorgan2027]

Dershowitz says Meechan is out of control.

[@cindymolesky3492]

This is a very important case for this country. It needs to be delt with by the judicial system. It is a PRIORITY. Judge Cannon needs to be replaced by a judge that isn't compromised.

[@jonathanboam5409]

This is what happens when any criticism or concern about a political candidate's character and behaviour is met with "B... b... but... B... B... Biden!"

[@jasonm1827]

Another msnbc video on trump thats comments are flooded with RNC trolls. 🙄

[@brianfergus839]

Indeed

[@Tom-xn8nn]

You want everyone in the comment section to have the same opinion as you ?

[@brianfergus839]

@@Tom-xn8nn I don’t, but the RW trolls are too dishonest to have a real conversation with.

[@rt-420]

Yep, there’s more paid trolls, russians and maga minions on here than Fox.

[@David-di6jf]

This lawyer analyst is the only on-air person that has made an attempt to excuse the delay tactics of the Florida Judge. Nearly 100% of news people state that this case has been unnecessarily delayed, in an effort to help the defense. To defend delay in a classified documents' case, which potentially affects national security, is hard to hear. What does he think about the delays of the Supreme Court on the immunity case.

[@RobBCactive]

My impression is he knows nothing about it apart from a superficial impression, so he shrugged it off

[@David-di6jf]

​@@RobBCactive Disagree, based on the evidence presented.

[@RobBCactive]

@@David-di6jf the guy didn't explain the evidence that shows the outrageousness of Cannon. They're just ignoring all the detail. Any actual follower of her record and illegal interference in the search asserting jurisdiction resulting in her excoriation by appeal court doesn't buy that "intimidated" line.

[@robertburghardt-qv5dn]

Thought that started when Mitch would not allow Garland a chance for Justice ...then slams through Barret. How about Bretts non background checks like all that debt that dissappeared

[@bobbyg7719]

Welcome to Salem's Lot. It's where the Defendent gets chastised, demoralized, patronized, villainized, criminalized, then accused of a crime from ladylike pornstars and lying shady lawyers, but yet still no one really knows what the crime is?😳

[@noway1844]

Only maga acts like they don't know what he did. That's OK we know maga isn't that bright.😂😂😂 They are maga after all.😂😂

[@bobbyg7719]

1st of all. No Ex President will ever just walk into a State Prison. It's never going to happen. The Secret Service will not allow this to happen. If anything Trump goes home with an ankle bracelet. Then this case gets overtured on appeal. He's been vetted more than any other President in American History. Millions of documents. He's been at it since the 80's. Everyone knows Trump. They would of never put him on the cover of TIME magazine a dozen times since the 80's. And or the House Budget Committee in the 80's would of never invited Trump as a special guest, and share his ideas on how to stimulate a dismal economy, if Trump was some bad dude. The only reason why he's some bad dude, is because Trump ran for President. 😉

[@bobbyg7719]

Mensa. ☝️

[@bobbyg7719]

Remember in 1987, Larry King (CNN) When Trump was discussing foreign policy, trade etc and making America Great Again. Then noway1844 fell into the MAGA theme, (like MAGA is enlightening) then patronized someone who's a Lifetime Independent. Around 35 years under his belt. 🤷

[@noway1844]

@@bobbyg7719 No I don't remember trumpy from 1987 I'm not in the cult. I do remember him being a sh1tty president and wrecking a thriving economy.

[@gathrightcrystal]

Hey. Hunter is in court. Come on man 🤷

[@susanferrie7233]

Hunters was not the president was he

[@gathrightcrystal]

@@susanferrie7233 if y'all don't stop covering for Hunter and Biden with my tax money while suing people I'm suing for mental distress and mental abuse

[@gathrightcrystal]

@@susanferrie7233 new game. Everything I'm gaslighted because of the Biden's Intel owes me a dollar for labeling everything a hoax

[@user-ln3bd9gz5v]

New precedent in court: Empty court to tar and feather witness!

[@tigrrtom]

"...maybe the most divisive political figure in American history." At 68 I've seen and experienced enough turmoil in this great land of ours that I sure didn't think anything could be worse...but I was wrong.

[@joeberta368]

This secret document case IS A NO BRAINER - If you or I had taken these documents -- WE WOULD HAVE BEEN BEHIND BARS long ago.

[@jimeagle5509]

Either: 1. Brandon broke the law 2. He’s senile Thanks ~Jim Eagle

[@medic1073]

Joe has an old brain, trump has a few psychological abnormalities but most importantly rapid declining dementia. In less than two years he'll be staring out a window all his waking hours saying nothing. His father died of it. WON"T IT BE GREAT!

[@onlyme972]

Or Maga are Fox viewers

[@thjbird]

Cannon is a MAGA judge. She is supporting and defending Trump from the Constitution and the rule of law.

[@keepingit8797]

Yet Mechan shows his democrat ties in court. Completely biased.

[@foxlake6750]

…and the Democrat judges and DAs are running the other three cases.

[@WallyPyneoil]

And Merchan is an SJW Biden judge. The whole thing is pathetic. We're having a great laugh at America out here. You're all so childish.

[@PeytonWind]

When Cevallos was talking about why the prosecution didn't call Allen Weisselberg, the argument can also be made, "Well then, why didn't the defense call him?"

[@RobBCactive]

It's ridiculous, Weiselburg's last stand as a witness resulted in his perjury in favor of Donaldict Trump

[@lamontejohn6244]

But why didn’t the defense call Alan Weisselberg or Keith Schiller?

[@jont2228]

TRUMP 2024🇺🇸✊

[@sayhisnamelibsDJT24]

Whew MSDNC is on a roll today! On behalf of the RNC, we would like to THANK YOU for keeping our candidate in the news all day, every day! Free PR is just that... TRUMP 2024!

[@kateskeys]

Have a MAGA-free day💙

[@swimminginthoughts]

As a Democrat I like MSNBC a lot because they only report negatively on Republicans.

[@haunteddragon9515]

Trump is a scam!!

[@Haniedhoms]

Your brain might be rotting

[@ruger6049]

Yes, it reaffirms to millions what a complete goof trump and all his sheeple are.

[@StacyInLove1]

Yes

[@user-jh1gf4os4o]

All of the sensitive records should be dealt federally only not stately viewed just the ussct

[@mattyjay8896]

Absolutely nothing enrages a progressive like the sight of an American flag 🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@DouglasLyons-yg3lv]

Flown by a MAGA cultist, sure.

[@rhondaunger1228]

BS

[@mattyjay8896]

@@DouglasLyons-yg3lv I dare you to say you love American and the American flag! You won't do it.

[@mattyjay8896]

@@rhondaunger1228 I dare you to say you love America and the American flag. You also won't do it...

[@jasonm1827]

That's funny from the clowns who tried to overthrow democracy and replaced the American flag with a trump one on top of the capital.

[@jimeagle5509]

As a black trans pregnant chestfeeding lactating democrat man who identifies as a PVC pipe…my 7,589 pronouns will be voting for Trump… Thanks ~Jim Eagle

[@noway1844]

As a failed comedian. There fixed it.😂😂😂😂

[@rjdankert]

Cannon wants to avoid white powder in her inbox