GottaLaff ,
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Tick tick tick... 1/... 🧵

Via Kyle Cheney:

MATH EXERCISE: 's immunity appeal paused his DC trial on Dec. 7 — w 88 days to go until Mar 4 trial was set to begin

That means if sends case back to Chutkan, she will give Trump roughly 88 days to prepare for trial. If SCOTUS denies the stay on, say, Feb. 22, that would line up Trump's trial for May 20 ..the precise date he's slated to go on trial in Florida, but which seems highly unlikely to remain on track

GottaLaff OP ,
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2/ Cheney, cont'd:

All of this supposes that SCOTUS rejectsTrump's immunity argument. If it doesn't, the case is essentially over. The court could also reject expediting the matter and schedule the case for consideration in the fall, upending the timeline altogether. https://politico.com/news/2024/02/13/chief-justice-gives-jack-smith-one-week-to-respond-to-trumps-bid-to-stave-off-trial-00141163

Via Jose Pagliery:

Judge Cannon's incessantly favorable rulings to Trump are so apparent, I think I'm going to start referring to his delayed Mar-a-Lago case as his May(be) trial.

randmbits ,
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@GottaLaff Trumps only true talent. Tying up the courts.

Wileymiller ,
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@GottaLaff
Ginny Thomas has already made her ruling for a stay.

GottaLaff OP ,
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@Wileymiller She's such a Debbie Downer

Wileymiller ,
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@GottaLaff

She's the life of the MAGA party

underthestars ,
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@GottaLaff So we have one case in which the Trumpy judge (Cannon) is doing everything to help him get off, and another in which the Trumpy far right SCOTUS judges will try their darnedest to help him get off. MAGA extremists have captured the courts.

GottaLaff OP ,
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@underthestars Well we knew that in 2016. We made plans to move to Canada precisely because of that.

underthestars ,
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@GottaLaff You are wiser than us! I feel SCOTUS wasn’t quite captured in 2016. ACB, Kavanaugh, even Gorsuch came later. Disappointed the dems haven’t done more with the judicial branch. It’s been a train wreck in slow motion since, well the 1980’s really. Maybe before that.

GottaLaff OP ,
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@underthestars As soon as Trump got in, it was clear he was going to take over the courts. I called it out then, I never stopped.

This is why we're where we are, in many ways.

And it's been faster motion than you suggested.

Runslowrunlong ,
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@GottaLaff @underthestars
In 2015 I kept screaming "but SCOTUS", when everyone around me was screaming "BUT HER EMAILS!!" Clinton wasn't my first choice, but the blocking of a SC justice appointment was a clear message of the GOP's corrupt intentions. Praying we aren't too late to stop the loss of our democracy.

GottaLaff OP ,
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@Runslowrunlong So did I. I feel the same way. @underthestars

Aviva_Gary ,
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@GottaLaff @underthestars Only because you have eyes

GottaLaff OP ,
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@Aviva_Gary And a functioning brain. @underthestars

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JanisKay ,
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@GottaLaff if he gets away with being a traitor with all those documents he shared…🤬🤬🤬

GottaLaff OP ,
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@JanisKay I can't stand to even think about it

Aviva_Gary ,
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@GottaLaff @JanisKay The game is over at that point... if it isn't already

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