Brad Heath: Judge Cannon has denied another of Trump's motions to dismiss charges against him. But she does strike one paragraph from the indictment, in which prosecutors described him showing a classified map to someone in Bedminster. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Judge Cannon has denied another of Trump's motions to dismiss charges against him. But she does strike one paragraph from the indictment, in which prosecutors described him showing a classified map to someone in Bedminster. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

For those asking, the practical impact of this decision is basically nothing. All the charges remain. The indictment gets one paragraph shorter.

Hopefully a prosecutor in New Jersey can put that paragraph back into a future indictment here.

Just because she struck the language from the indictment, does that prevent the prosecution from introducing that evidence at trial ? Seems like it shouldn’t.

No, it could still potentially come in subject to a 404(b) analysis (which is probably the only way it would have come in anyway).

That’s what I thought. Thanks.

Is this appealable?

Yes, but only by a defendant who was convicted on the charges that weren’t dismissed.

Welp, maybe it's just best to go ahead and charge that one in New Jersey, then?

At this rate her granddaughter might be able to get through the trial in 2088

Lordy, there’s tapes tho!

Exclusive: CNN obtains the tape of Trump’s 2021 conversation about classified documents | CNN Politicswww.cnn.com CNN has exclusively obtained the audio recording of the 2021 meeting in Bedminster, New Jersey, where President Donald Trump discusses holding secret documents he did not declassify.

It's kind of on tape. 🤷‍♀️

She's determined to find him Not Guilty, whether he likes it or not.

This will look good on her resume to replace Alito in SCOTUS.

Recordings are just hearsay, after all.

does striking this paragraph have any implication beyond the text of the indictment? such as what evidence can be presented at trial?

None. She says it might not be admissible as evidence under Rule 404(b), and judges can elect to let a jury take a copy of the indictment with them into deliberations.

thx

Truly, can Congress (theoretically) not do something?

So Jack Smith should get a grand jury together stat and charge Trump in New Jersey with that sh*t. Even if the case later goes no where. Call her bluff.

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