Flotsam and Jetsam - Florida Judge Whacks 'Special' Prosecutor

Mary Chastain at LI recounts how Judge in Trump Documents Case Questions Prosecution’s Use of Out-of-District Grand Jury "Judge Aileen Cannon of the Southern District of Florida denied the DOJ’s request for sealed filings and questioned its use of D.C. grand juries in the Mar-a-Lago case." The way 'Bonchie' at Red State tells it, Judge Cannon Lights Up Jack Smith, Questions Use of Out-of-State Grand Jury. James Lynch at Da Caller, Trump’s Florida Judge Orders DOJ To Unseal Documents, Justify DC Investigation.

Also at Da Caller, Harold Hutchinson sees Jonathan Turley Slam Attempts To Silence Trump With Gag Order During Election Cycle:   ‘Bulldoze The First Amendment’. Althouse, "If Trump were accused of using fraud for pecuniary gain or of lying to federal investigators, there would be no free-speech problem."

"The complaint, however, focuses on the lies rather than any larceny or standalone crime. It is diffuse in saying that raising doubts over the election undermined the value or results of voting. Previous challenges have been made to certification of presidential elections with little basis (including by Democrats) and even alternative sets of electors have been submitted without criminal charges. This criminal intent is based on Trump being told by many people that the election was not stolen and he could not stop its certification.... However, Trump followed the advice of a second, albeit smaller, set of lawyers who told him there was a basis for challenging the election. That is not a crime. It is, in my view, protected political speech...." Writes Jonathan Turley in "How Donald Trump’s Indictment Could Backfire on Joe Biden"

At Am Great, Josh Hammer thinks  Jack Smith’s Sham Indictment Shows Biden Regime Wants To Face Trump  "The ceaseless lawfare makes Trump more likely to be Republican nominee"  and Chris Roach worries the Trump Indictment Is a Mockery of Common Sense "Attempting to criminalize Trump's dispute of the election could stunt healthy political dissent." That's just a side benefit. Breitbart has a Poll: Most Americans Think Trump Indictments Are Effort to Derail Campaign. Cutie Pavlich at Town Hall, explains Why This April 2022 New York Times Story Is Suddenly Gaining New Attention. PJM's Matt Margolis wonders Is This Proof That Joe Biden Ordered the Indictment of Trump? Greg Price@greg_price11, "Biden: "We have to demonstrate that [Trump] will not take power if he does run. Making sure he under the legitimate efforts of the Constitution, become the next president again." Dave Catron at Am Spec, Why Trump Wasn’t Charged With Insurrection, "Jack Smith’s indictment suggests that his bosses at the White House and the DOJ have a different goal." Ace is shocked, shocked, by the Return of the Angry Democrat Prosecutors: A Prosecutor on the Get Trump Squad Has Donated Thousands to Extreme Partisan Democrats, Including Joe Biden and Kamala Harris "A prosecutor in the office of the Very Special Counsel Jack Smith has donated thousands to get Democrats elected, including Joe Biden and Fiercely Heterosexual Cory Booker. He also donated to Dan Goldman, aka the New Adam Schiff. So he donates exclusively to leftwing weaponization-of-government warriors." At Am Think Joe Fried wonders Did Trump Know Election Fraud was a Lie? and Andrea Widburg shows that Mike Pence admits he believes that he could have stayed the Senate count. 

Watch this clip

Pence just accidentally admitted he could have turned the 2020 election over to the House of Representatives but he didn't because he was worried about 'chaos'

That means he admits he knew that he had the legal ability to do that pic.twitter.com/0hHRHLQdq6

— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) August 7, 2023 

Chris Queen at PJM reminds us of That Time Democrats Tried to Overturn an Election in Georgia (and Didn't Get in Trouble). Hat Hair's KT explains Here is why Trump's indictment in Georgia may not come until next week. Are they holding it for more bad news on the Biden front? At Da Caller, Federal Judge Tosses Trump’s Defamation Suit Against E. Jean Carroll. At Compact Alexander Nazaryan describes Trump Against the Machine.

At Fox News, Hunter Biden’s longtime business partner visited the Obama WH, VP residence more than previously known "Former President Obama appointee and top exec at Hunter Biden's now-defunct firm visited White House at least 36 times.? Mary Chastain at LI, Hunter’s Former Associate Visited Obama White House, Then-VP Biden Residence at Least 36 Times, snarks, "It could be nothing or it could be something. With the Biden family I tend to lean towards the latter." From Front Page, Tucker Releases Full Interview With Ex-Hunter Biden Business Partner, Devon Archer "Hunter’s "value": he brought the “Biden brand” to the table." Christopher Chantrill at Am Think thinks Tucker Shows Us Devon Archer's World, corrupt. Matt Margolis explains why he thinks The Cover-up of Cocainegate Continues. At Hat Hair Beege Wellborn finds the press  Working wicked hard to separate Joe from the smartest guy he knows. Steve Richards and John Solomon at JTN report the Silk Road is Paved with Cash: Court records confirm millions flowed to Biden family from China. "Prosecutor's evidence trail in Hunter Biden case directly contradicts claims made by President for years." David Ennocenti at Am Think thinks he knows The perfect speech for Joe Biden to plagiarize, "I am not a crook!" 

Ace on the case, Jim Jordan Accuses FBI's Pointman on Government-Directed Censorship, Elvis Chan, of Perjuring Himself Before Congress Regarding the Hunter Biden Laptop "Another Regime agent who won't be prosecuted -- unless we can elect a Republican president who can and will take out the trash. Apparently a single FBI agent, when asked by the social media companies the FBI was demanding censor the story, confirmed that they knew the Hunter Biden laptop was real. However, after that, the FBI executed a walkback, insisting they had no comment on whether the laptop was real or not, and were even unsure about it. Elvis Chan lied when he told Congress he did not speak to the social media companies after that initial, unguarded admission by an unknown FBI agent that the laptop was real."

NewsBuster features a Former Jill Biden Press Aide on Fox: Biden Team Sees the Press as a 'Threat' and 'Hazard'! Breitbart shows us that Jill Biden Courts Drag Queens: ‘This Photo Says It All.’ Hat Hair's KT reports Shot fired by Trump-supporting PAC at Biden: Coincidence or Corruption? At TNP, ‘Leaked’ Dem Memo Accepts Trump’s Populist, America First Stance Is A Vote Winner, which is why they're trying to disqualify him through lawfare.

At News Week, 'Bidenomics' Is Heading Toward a Crash. The Latest Housing Data Could Not Make It Clearer. Jed Babbin at Am Spec on The Bidenomics Scam, "Inflationary government spending and obsessive regulation burdens the US economy." Jeff Dunetz at Da Lid notices Here We Go Again. Gas Prices Jump In Past Month. Me too. Breitbart calls Biden Out of Step with Non-White Working Class as Democrats Champion Upper-Class Liberal Values. Matt Margolis hears Former Kamala Staffer Has a Theory Why the VP Is Unpopular, and You Can Probably Guess What It Is. At the Free Bacon, Manchin Begs Schumer to Boost Potential Reelection Bid Amid Flailing Poll Numbers "Two-term senator trails GOP governor Jim Justice in polls as he contemplates political future." It's a tough fence to straddle.

Da Wire reports Newsom Team Appears Agitated That DeSantis Accepted Debate Challenge. Steve Cortes at Am Great explores Divergences: DeSantis vs. Newsom, "This showdown will prove valuable and revealing for the American people." Eddie Scarry at Da Fed explains Why Ron DeSantis Is Nuts For Agreeing To Another Pre-Taped TV Interview. They always cut it in ways to try and make you look bad. I&I claims DeSantis Escapes Car Wreck – But Not Campaign Train Wreck. Hat Hair's KT hears Team Haley say the quiet part out loud about the first GOP debate, it'll be about knocking down DeSantis, not Trump. At Breitbart, Mike Pence Confronted in New Hampshire: ‘You’re a Sellout’ and ‘Traitor. HE sees The Back Up Plan! Youngkin Meets GOP Mega Donors in Hamptons. Hmmm. Arnold Steinberg at Am Spec predicts Republicans Win Presidency! Expand House Majority! Regain Senate! "Spoiler Alert: Not really!"

Da Fed's Shawn Fleetwood asks a good question, How Can Mail-In Voting Be ‘Secure’ When Postal Theft Is Rampant? Jay Valentine at Am Think sees A New Day, a New Type of Election Fraud. Like all of his articles it's filled with scary facts about our elections. 

Deroy Murdock, Joe Biden's DOJ: Where Justice Goes to Die. At Da Wire, Congressman Threatens to Cut DHS and DOJ Funding Ahead of Spending Fight, why fund your enemies? Hat Hair's Dave Strom considers the question Was COVID response a coup by the intelligence community? and decides probably not, but they certainly took advantage of it. The great Victor Davis Hanson questions The Remaking of America "Every aspect of American life and culture is under assault"

And just because I'm running slow today, Culture War stuff below the fold DIY style:

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