Inthedetails
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I'm far from a legal or courtroom expert, but it seems like the lawyers are purposely tangling the issues, which is not especially unexpected. Making an unmanageable mess for the D.A. is in their favor, gives the D.A. more chances to overlook something, make a mistake. I hope that tacit doesn't work and I do have faith in this D.A. office.I think you're spot on. It's why I was so sure he'd want to be on camera for arraignment. Obviously I was wrong but I get the same vibes as you.
I'm really not surprised. Their motion was essentially rehashing the argument they'd already presented to the Court and saying the Judge should have accepted it.
I've followed a lot of trials - mostly murder - but I really have never seen the rampant expectation of entitlement in these motions. It's not a good look for them and I wonder if that's not influencing my personal enmity. There appears to be little to no precedent for some of their requests too.
It could be that I just haven't seen it done before but I also couldn't seem to find another example of a criminal defendant being allowed access to Special Grand Jury transcripts or interviewing(!) Grand Jurors. And allowing a criminal defendant access to voting machines when his co-defendants are charged with illegally breaching similar equipment? Everyone wants a separate trial or doesn't want to be tried with this person or that person. One person's defense is the lawyer made me do it while the lawyer's defense is he was just doing his job. And it's only going to get crazier when we get to motions in limine.
Lastly, I keep meaning to post this and forgetting. In all its great multi-hundred page glory, I present Mark Meadows full motion to the Court of Appeals. It contains a court transcript of his removal hearing starting at page 88. I haven't had time to read it myself yet so won't really try to comment on it until I do. JMO
Mark Meadows Emergency Motion for Stay Pending Appeal and Expedited Review - 11th Circuit (Full)
Another thing, imo, is this group of defendants is used to working in civil cases and dealing with the law on paper, and perhaps the tangle-y tactics are more common in that setting? IDK. Part of the "entitled" attitude might be they don't consider themselves "real criminals" but white-collar elites who shouldn't even be in criminal court. idk
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