Trump judge in docs case makes misguided argument curiously similar to Fox News guest: Weissmann

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IF YOU ARE WATCHING FOX NEWS ON SUNDAY NIGHT, YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF DONALD TRUMP'S FORMER ATTORNEY, A MAN NAMED JIM TRUSTY. YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD HIM OFFER UP A NOVEL THEORY ABOUT THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT. >> THERE'S A LOT OF SHENANIGANS, IN TERMS OF GRAND JURY USAGE. YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T DO A GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION FOR A YEAR, ONLY TO MOVE IT TO ANOTHER DISTRICT, UNLESS THERE'S MORE TO THE STORY. THEY'LL BE LITIGATION I ASSUME, THAT WILL RELATE TO THESE ISSUES OF HOW THE GRAND JURY WAS USED OR ABUSED. BUT IT'S CERTAINLY AGAIN, NEW TERRITORY WHEN THE DOJ SHIFTS AN INVESTIGATION AT THE LAST-MINUTE, TO AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT VENUE. >> OKAY, SO THAT'S MR. TRUSTY, FLOATING THE IDEA THAT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S USE OF A D.C. -BASED GRAND JURY, THE ONE THAT HE HAS HEARD THIS CASE FOR MONTHS, THAT THAT IS SOMEHOW SUSPICIOUS. AND THAT SOMEHOW, PROSECUTORS ABUSED THE USE OF THIS GRAND JURY, AND THAT THAT ABUSE SHOULD BE LITIGATED BEFORE A JUDGE. NOW ENTER AILEEN CANNON, THE U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE OVERSEEING THAT CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE DOWN IN FLORIDA. THE DAY AFTER MR. TRUSTEE LAID OUT THAT ARGUMENT ON FOX NEWS, JUDGE CANNON ISSUED THIS RULING. >> WITH NO PROMPTING FROM TRUMP'S DEFENSE TEAM, SHE JUST DID IT ON HER OWN. >> JUDGE CANNON POINTED TO THE PROSECUTORS USE OF AN OUT OF DISTRICT GRAND JURY, THE ONE IN WASHINGTON D.C. TO CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE AND OR SEEK POST INDICTMENT HEARINGS. SHE DEEMED THE USE OF THAT GRAND JURY SUSPICIOUS. JUDGE CANNON QUESTIONED THE LEGAL PROPRIETY OF THAT MOVE, AND SHE ORDERED SPECIAL COUNSEL PROSECUTORS TO EXPLAIN THEMSELVES BY AUGUST 22ND, SO THAT THE ISSUE MAY BE LITIGATED. NOW, EITHER THERE IS A REALLY UNUSUAL PSYCHIC CONNECTION BETWEEN THE MAR-A-LAGO NT PROFEE UNIVERSITY OF AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. -- AND ANDREW LET ME JUST START, BECAUSE NO ONE PUT TOGETHER THIS APPEARANCE -- WHERE JIM TRUSTY SAYS, D.C. GRAND JURY, FLORIDA GRAND JURY THESE TWO THINGS CAN'T MIX, AND THEN JUDGE CANNON MYSTERIOUSLY DID SORT OF MIRROR OF THAT ARGUMENT SOME FOR RULINGS. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? SO >> FIRST, REGARDLESS OF HOW SHE GOT THERE, THE FACT OF WHAT SHE DID IS TO SAY THE LEAST UNUSUAL SHE DID IT AS YOU NOTED ON HER OWN AND IT SHOWED A FUNDAMENTAL MISUNDERSTANDING OF BASIC 101 CRIMINAL LAW AS TO HOW GRAND JURY'S WORK. AS TO HOW THEY CAN CONTINUE INVESTING ONGOING CRIME OF EITHER AN EXISTING DEFENDANT OR OTHER DEFENDANTS, AND OTHER CRIMES THAT MAY BE COMMITTED. SO, THIS IS A CLASSIC CASE. IT IS ALSO THE CASE THAT YOU CAN BRING A GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION IN ANY DISTRICT WHERE THE CRIME MAY HAVE OCCURRED. REMEMBER, WHEN YOU START INVESTIGATION, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THE CRIME HAS OCCURRED OR WHO DID IT, OR WHERE HAS OCCURRED. SO YOU'RE ALLOWED TO GO TO MANY DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, WHERE IT COULD BE THE CASE, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A GOOD FAITH BASIS. SO THIS IS SUCH A FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING. AND WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT IS, WHERE IN GOD'S GREEN EARTH IS SHE GETTING THIS IDEA. BECAUSE IT IS SO OFF THE CHARTS FROM, EVERYTHING IN THE RECORD. WHY IS SHE DOING THIS. IT'S NOT LIKE THE LATE AGAINST RAISED THE ISSUE. SHE IS DOING IT ON HER OWN, AND IT IS SO WRONG. AND THEN, THERE YOU HAVE JIM TRUSTY, THE PRESIDENTS, THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S FORMER COUNSEL. RAISING THIS ISSUE, THE NIGHT BEFORE. AND THAT MORNING SHE ISSUES THIS. SO IT'S A REAL ISSUE IN TERMS OF PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT JUDGE CANNON MAY HAVE LEARNED HER LESSON, AND THIS MAYBE CAN EARN TWO POINT OH. SHE HAS REALLY CHANGED SINCE THE 11TH CIRCUIT STRUCK HER DOWN TWICE. THIS SUGGESTS. >> NOT SO. >> NOT SO.
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Channel: MSNBC
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Length: 4min 21sec (261 seconds)
Published: Wed Aug 09 2023
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