“Arbitrary Enforcement…is Featuring in This Case” – Judge Cannon Grills Jack Smith’s Prosecutor During Hearing For Dismissal of Classified Docs Case, Appears Skeptical of Charges Under Espionage Act | The Gateway Pundit

President Trump on Thursday appeared in federal courtroom in Florida for a listening to on two motions to dismiss Jack Smith’s categorised paperwork case.

Trump’s authorized workforce final month filed several motions to dismiss Jack Smith’s categorised paperwork case, citing presidential immunity.

Supporters lined the streets to catch a glimpse of Trump as he arrived to the courthouse along with his attorneys.

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NOW: Former President Donald Trump is inside a Florida courthouse to listen to a choose’s resolution on a movement to dismiss his categorised paperwork case.

The ONLY simply consequence in Trump’s categorised paperwork case might be DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE in mild of Particular Counsel Robert Hur’s… pic.twitter.com/Q8YIi5Lb0Z

— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) March 14, 2024

Jack Smith indicted Trump on 37 federal counts in Miami in June for lawfully storing presidential information at his Mar-a-Lago property which was protected by Secret Service brokers.

Trump was charged with 31 counts below the Espionage Act of willful retention of nationwide protection data and 6 different course of crimes stemming from his conversations along with his lawyer.

In July Jack Smith hit Trump with 3 additional charges within the investigation into categorised paperwork saved at Mar-a-Lago. The superseding indictment, filed within the Southern District of Florida, claims Trump was a part of a scheme to delete safety footage from Mar-a-Lago.

Trump’s authorized workforce late final month filed a number of motions arguing the federal fees ought to be dismissed for a lot of totally different causes together with the statute Trump was charged with, the unconstitutionality of Jack Smith’s appointment, and different factors associated to the Presidential Information Act.

“President Trump’s alleged resolution to designate information as private below the PRA and trigger them to be faraway from the White Home — which underlies Counts 1 by way of 32 of the Superseding Indictment — was an official act by the incumbent president,” Trump’s attorneys wrote in courtroom papers filed late Thursday night time, in accordance with NBC News.

“President Trump is entitled to immunity for this official act and that should embrace immunity from felony prosecution,” Trump’s attorneys wrote.

On Thursday Trump’s attorneys argued two details: Trump is a sufferer of a double customary as a result of no different former president was charged for retaining categorised paperwork. Invoice Clinton and Ronald Reagan weren’t charged.

Joe Biden – after he left the vice presidency – as a personal citizen – stole SCIF-designated paperwork and saved them in dilapidated packing containers in his Delaware storage – and he nonetheless wasn’t charged.

Trump’s attorneys additionally argued in opposition to Smith’s “unconstitutionally imprecise” use of the Espionage Act.

In keeping with investigative reporter Julie Kelly who attended the listening to on Thursday, Decide Cannon grilled Jack Smith’s prosecutor Jay Bratt on whether or not another president has been charged for retaining categorised paperwork after leaving workplace.

Jay Bratt argued Trump dedicated the “crime” the day he left workplace (Jack Smith’s indictment cites January 20, 2021 because the day Trump dedicated the crime).

In keeping with Julie Kelly, Decide Cannon requested for historic precedent as to when a former president or vice chairman confronted fees for comparable conduct.

Jay Bratt after all mentioned there may be none.

“There was by no means a state of affairs remotely much like this one,” Jay Bratt mentioned.

“I’ve had a Q clearance for 15 years, I can view categorised paperwork in a SCIF, I can’t take, I can’t take them house and depart them in my basement,” Jay Bratt mentioned.

Apparently solely Joe Biden is allowed to steal SCIF-designated paperwork and retailer them in his basement with out being criminally charged.

Decide Cannon did counsel the movement to dismiss the paperwork indictment is “untimely.”

Nonetheless, Cannon did hammer the double customary and selective prosecution of the Espionage Act.

“Arbitrary enforcement..is that includes on this case,” Cannon mentioned.

Jay Bratt, representing particular counsel workplace, confirmed the “crime” started that day as a result of as a former president, he was entitled to retain the paperwork.

Cannon once more requested for historic precedent as to when a former president or vice chairman confronted fees for comparable…

— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) March 14, 2024