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Jack Smith preparing legal kill shot for Aileen Cannon in Trump documents case, experts say

https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/05/jack-smith-preparing-legal-kill-shot-for-aileen-cannon-in-trump-documents-case-experts-say.html

It seems that Jack Smith has been strategizing very wisely. Love to see AJC given her third strike and probably her chance at the SCOTUS.

When former President Trump falsely claimed in a fundraising email on Wednesday that President Biden was “locked & loaded and ready to take me out,” special counsel Jack Smith moved swiftly.

Smith on Friday asked federal judge Aileen Cannon for a gag order, insisting that Trump’s reckless comments not only could spur violence against the FBI, but also violated Trump’s terms of release after his indictment.

Trump is charged with taking classified national defense documents from the White House after he left office and resisting the government’s attempts to retrieve the materials.

Legal experts say Smith is trying to box in Cannon — who has slow-walked the case and protected Trump from a trial before the November election.

Smith likely believes Cannon will deny the gag order, in which case Smith will petition the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to have her removed from the case, legal experts predicted.

In two previous instances in the case, Cannon has been rebuked by the 11th Circuit, and experts believe this could be strike three. Former White House attorney Ty Cobb has predicted previously that the 11th Circuit “will likely take her off the case” eventually.