Judge Cannon is doing her thing.

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Anonymous wrote:Who the heck is wortman?

The relevant question is who is Murray Waas. He’s a longtime reporter.

Never heard of either one.

Mark Meadows was prepared to sing all along, not being a MAGA true believer, and he most assuredly did.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who the heck is wortman?

The relevant question is who is Murray Waas. He’s a longtime reporter.

Yeah, I looked him up. He certainly sounds legit and well-connected. If he says Mark Meadows packed up boxes of classified documents and took them HOME on Trump's last night in the WH, then I believe him. It certainly sounds like Meadow's MO.

Meadows in going to be singing or spending a lot of time in jail.

Anonymous wrote:Who the heck is wortman?

The relevant question is who is Murray Waas. He’s a longtime reporter.

Anonymous wrote:Who the heck is wortman?

Your worst nightmare.

Who the heck is wortman?

if true, game over.

So, not just the one search warrant.

Meanwhile Trump’s lawyers asked to have the trial delayed indefinitely.

Anonymous wrote:Cannon is trying to rig the trial by pushing it to a Trump-friendly area.

Argh, I heard several weeks ago that it would be there but that the jury pool would be the entire SDFL and not just Fort Pierce.

Cannon is trying to rig the trial by pushing it to a Trump-friendly area.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Can you lawyer people help me out...

Can you just not retain council forever and never stand trial? Why can he keep delaying his arraignment? Will the court just appoint someone for him?

Yes, but there are a couple of issues here - first is that a judge is going to want to be as deferential as possible to a criminal defendant in order to ensure that their rulings are not grounds for appeal. So if someone is saying they are working to obtain counsel in a complex case like this, the judge is going to allow that until it becomes unreasonable (which is somewhat subjective). Second is that any counsel will need to hold a security clearance or be able to obtain one. There's probably only a handful of lawyers that are cleared and barred in Florida. And Nauta on his own probably can't afford any of them.

All true, but the judge can also appoint an attorney to represent him if he can't find someone willing to do it voluntarily. And the judge would not be restricted to public defenders -- in a very specific, sensitive case like this, a judge can appoint a private attorney who has the requisite clearance and experience, even if that attorney doesn't want to do it. Barred attorneys who practice in the court system are considered officers of the court who owe a duty to the goals of the justice system. That includes the 6th amendment right to adequate assistance of counsel in your own defense.

I would not be surprised if the judge is waiting until Nauta exhausts all options, and then could appoint someone so the case can proceed. It will not be allowed to be postponed indefinitely.