"This outcome is not based on the merits or strength of the case against the defendant," prosecutors wrote in the filing.

#criminal #law #democracy#Jan6 #insurrection

The #DOJ policy that the prosecutors cited dates back to the 1970s. It holds that a #criminal prosecution of a sitting president would violate the US #Constitution by undermining the ability of the country's *chief executive* to *function*. Courts will still have to approve both requests from prosecutors.

#law #democracy

A US judge on Monday dismissed the federal #criminal case accusing Trump of attempting to overturn his #2020election defeat after prosecutors moved to drop that prosecution & a second case against the president-elect, citing #DOJ policy against prosecuting a sitting president.

#democracy#Jan6 #insurrection #law #justice
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-prosecutor-smith-asks-judge-dismiss-2020-election-subversion-case-against-2024-11-25/

The move came after #SpecialCounsel#JackSmith …moved to dismiss the #ElectionInterference case & end his attempt to revive a separate case accusing Trump of illegally retaining #ClassifiedDocuments when he left office in 2021….

#law

The #Trump transition team is considering a draft executive order that would create a board to purge three- and four-star generals 'deemed unfit for leadership.'

Such a panel could upend the traditional military review process and raises concerns about politicization of the military. https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/trump-draft-executive-order-would-create-board-to-purge-generals-7ebaa606

ALERT: DC federal judge has just rejected #Jan6 defendant Terry Allen’s request to postpone sentencing until after #Trump Inauguration

Judge Amit Mehta: “Defendant’s speculation that he may receive a pardon is not good cause to continue his sentencing hearing”

#USpol #election #trump #fascism#WeAreNotAlone

Aside: This is because bacteria in untreated, infected #cavities can sometimes spread to other body parts, including the bloodstream, and lead to #sepsis.

https://newrepublic.com/post/188095/donald-trump-robert-f-kennedy-jr-plan-health-fda
#rfkjr #trump #dental #publichealth

https://shorturl.at/0HU4U

https://www.metafilter.com/206183/-The-Most-Important-Election-of-Our-Lifetimes-

#ElectionDay #election#Election2024#Harris #politics #PresidentialElection #trump#US#USElection

Kamala Harris, on the other hand, has been closing very strongly. I have seen polling on her ellipse speech in front of 75,000 people, and she knocked it out of the park. Over the last week, her campaign played offensively, dictating the terms of the political conversation. Trump is reacting to her and is clearly off his game....

Why Closing Well Matters

While most voters made up their mind months if not years ago, there is a slice of voters who don’t decide until the final week.

The news environment in the final week is very influential with these voters....

On Friday, Plouffe tweeted:

It’s helpful, from experience, to be closing a Presidential campaign with late deciding voters breaking by double digits to you and the remaining undecideds looking more friendly to you than your opponent.

Let’s hope we get a few more days of Trump being Trump."

#KamalaHarris#Trump

https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/trump-stumbles-to-the-finish-line?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=1f8bf&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

The most disheartening thing about all this is how it shows our elite media have learned nothing."

#NewYorkTimes#WashingtonPost#Trump #garbage#MediaFail
/10

~ Seth Abramson

#NewYorkTimes#WashingtonPost#Trump #garbage#MediaFail
/11

https://sethabramson.substack.com/p/fact-check-no-president-biden-didnt

#NewYorkTimes#WashingtonPost#Trump #garbage#MediaFail
/12

That really did happen.

And you know who just analogized America—the entire United States—to a 'garbage can' in his 'closing argument' to voters?

If you guessed Donald Trump, you’re right."

#NewYorkTimes#WashingtonPost#Trump #garbage#MediaFail
/13

I'm continuing to hashtag New York Times and Washington Post as I post this item because both media outlets should be royally shamed, though they're evidently well beyond shame.

#NewYorkTimes#WashingtonPost#Trump #garbage#MediaFail
/14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLvr7KfJPgA

'The people that surround [Kamala Harris]—they’re Scum. They’re scum. And they want to take down our country. They are absolute garbage.'

Good to know.

We’re five days out. The media keeps getting it wrong."

~ Mary Trump

#NewYorkTimes#WashingtonPost#Trump #garbage#MediaFail
/15

https://www.marytrump.org/p/the-garbage-can-of-the-world

Just a few hours ago, #JDVance was arguing to Jake Tapper that Trump was being taken out of context and misrepresented.

#Trump: When I say the enemy within the other side goes crazy. They have done very bad things, they are indeed the enemy from within