Mar-a-Lago judge unseals batch of documents that shed light on Trump's wild judgeship bribery claim
Source: Law & Crime
Apr 23rd, 2024, 1:54 pm
Following a Monday unsealing order by the judge in the Mar-a-Lago case, a series of documents shed light on the origins of Donald Trumps claims that a top prosecutor on special counsel Jack Smiths staff offered a JUDGESHIP to a lawyer representing his valet co-defendant during an August 2022 meeting.
More than anything else, the documents reveal that Trumps judgeship offer allegation against Jay Bratt, the Justice Departments chief for Counterintelligence and Export Control Section of the National Security Division who joined Smiths team, bears little resemblance to what was actually being argued in court filings on allegations of potential misconduct that U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has unsealed.
On June 8, 2023, the Guardian reported that Stanley Woodward, then a new attorney for Trump valet Walt Nauta, was taken aback that Bratt mentioned Woodwards pending judicial application to the D.C. Superior Court in almost the same breath as he urged Nauta to cooperate with the government in the face of criminal exposure. The report said the meeting happened around November of 2022, but documents said the meeting took place on Aug. 24, 2022.
As it turns out, one unsealed filing shows, on June 5, 2023 just three days before the Guardian report, which dropped on the eve of the Mar-a-Lago indictments unsealing Trump was secretly litigating in D.C. to get his hands on grand jury transcripts of witness interviews, including Nautas and that of Mar-a-Lago property manager and co-defendant Carlos De Oliveira.
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Full headline: Mar-a-Lago judge unseals batch of documents that shed light on Trumps wild judgeship bribery claim against a top prosecutor on Jack Smiths staff
angrychair
(8,733 posts)Then another. The while point is to drag this out. That's all any of this is right now. TSF just hoping against hope he can drag this out until November so he can win this allowing him abuse his office to bury any cases against him.
As always, TSF just continues to walk between the raindrops of justice. I have significant doubts he will ever be held accountable.
bluestarone
(17,058 posts)Will NOT be before this years election. Might as well just set our mind to that. But it will be hear and TFG will lose it.
angrychair
(8,733 posts)"may" but I believe SCOTUS is still his "get out of jail free card". If not then then the moment a Republican does win an election to the WH their very first action will be a full pardon of TSF.
prodigitalson
(2,431 posts)EndlessWire
(6,569 posts)I have no faith in them. We need to change the rules from "lifetime appointment" to some other period of time, like ten years or so. And, we need to expand the Court to fix this imbalance of power. While I certainly don't think that just because I personally don't agree with their legal opinions, they should not be interpreting stuff, I think that they shouldn't be making policy by, say, making rulings where there is no plaintiff, or granting cert just to delay decisions until after the election. That's our own USSC doing election interference. I feel a sense of relief that they will soon be on summer vacation.
But also, I think that Bragg's case is definitely having an impact on Trump's popularity. We may not need to have the other criminal cases done before the election. By then, he could be a convicted felon. The Hush Money Case (Election interference case) is very important, and those 12 jurors are very important. I still have high hopes there.
republianmushroom
(13,704 posts)2naSalit
(86,802 posts)Maybe new charges are in order.
FakeNoose
(32,777 posts)Does anyone on DU have any doubts about the corruption and corruptibility of Chump and everyone in his circle?
This happened in 2022 when Chump was no longer president, and had little chance of ever becoming president again. But that doesn't stop him from corrupting anyone he comes in contact with.
This demonstrates that Nauta and De Oliviera made a mistake by agreeing to be defended by Chump's lawyers. They should have gotten their own lawyers who hopefully would have advised them to take a plea deal as soon as possible. Instead these poor saps will be used by Chump and will spend many years in prison.