11th Circuit Says Trump And His Favorite Judges All Morons, Investigation May Proceed

[Nevilledog]

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Sometimes court rulings are just a delight to read. Such is the case with last night's ruling from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, smacking Donald Trump in the face and calling district court moron Judge Aileen Cannon an idiot.

Short version: Yes, the Department of Justice is allowed to use the documents it seized at Mar-a-Lago in its investigation into the closely guarded state secrets Trump stole from the White House, which happen to be the very documents we are talking about.

Obviously. Clearly. Come on, Aileen.

It turns out that classified documents are, by definition, not Donald Trump's property. Who knew? Also, they are not attorney-client privileged. We know we are getting into some legal weeds here, some very complicated topics. We're so far into legal Nerd Land that this stuff apparently flew straight across Aileen Cannon's head, bless her heart.

From the opinion:

“For our part, we cannot discern why [Trump] would have an individual interest in or need for any of the one-hundred documents with classification markings."

We can imagine some reasons. Treason reasons. But that's not "individual interest" the way the court is saying.

The court moreover notes that "Plaintiff [that's Trump!] has not even attempted to show that he has a need to know the information contained in the classified documents." Also has not shown that the real president Joe Biden has expressed a desire for Trump to know these state secrets.

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[tanyev]

1. Treason reasons, yes indeed.

Wonkette is always a fun read.

[LAS14]

2. What has happened to our country that the margin can be so close between democracy and tyranny???? n

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. Gangsters Of Putin and Fascist Oligarch eXtremists

[UTUSN]

3. K&R