FL - Former President Donald Trump indicted, 40 counts to classified documents and obstruction of justice, June 2023, Trial May 2024

[MyBelle]

She may have been the only willing FL attorney to represent him?

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article277065598.html

As an assistant public defender, Dadan represented more than 3,000 clients in both adult and juvenile felony and misdemeanor cases.

She now has her own practice, Dadan Law Firm, and handles criminal and family law matters.

Aside from handling state cases, Dadan can represent defendants in federal cases in two district courts: the Middle District of Florida and the Southern District of Florida, where Nauta’s case is being heard.

Nah....my guess is she volunteered. She is a young, aspiring, politician. She's in for a big reality check.

JMO

Sasha Dadan announces bid for House District 83

Republican attorney Sasha Dadan is running for the Florida House seat currently held by term-limited Stuart Rep. Gayle Harrell. Dadan, the daughter of a

floridapolitics.com

 

[sds71]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/06/politics/oval-office-meeting-trump-special-counsel-probe/index.html

Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has signaled a continued interest in a chaotic Oval Office meeting that took place in the final days of the Trump administration, during which the former president considered some of the most desperate proposals to keep him in power over objections from his White House counsel.

Multiple sources told CNN that investigators have asked several witnesses before the grand jury and during interviews about the meeting, which happened about six weeks after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. Some witnesses were asked about the meeting months ago, while several others have faced questions about it more recently, including Rudy Giuliani.

Last month, for two consecutive days, Giuliani sat down with investigators for a voluntary interview about a range of topics, including the tumultuous December 2020 meeting that he attended, sources said.

Prosecutors have specifically inquired about three outside Trump advisers who participated in the meeting: former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, one-time national security adviser Michael Flynn and former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne, sources said.

 

[MyBelle]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/06/politics/oval-office-meeting-trump-special-counsel-probe/index.html

Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has signaled a continued interest in a chaotic Oval Office meeting that took place in the final days of the Trump administration, during which the former president considered some of the most desperate proposals to keep him in power over objections from his White House counsel.

Multiple sources told CNN that investigators have asked several witnesses before the grand jury and during interviews about the meeting, which happened about six weeks after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. Some witnesses were asked about the meeting months ago, while several others have faced questions about it more recently, including Rudy Giuliani.

Last month, for two consecutive days, Giuliani sat down with investigators for a voluntary interview about a range of topics, including the tumultuous December 2020 meeting that he attended, sources said.

Prosecutors have specifically inquired about three outside Trump advisers who participated in the meeting: former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, one-time national security adviser Michael Flynn and former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne, sources said.

I'm glad they are investigating Michael Flynn. I'm not familiar with Patrick Byrne's name at all but last year, my die-hard Republican cousin pointed out Flynn's lies to the FBI and crazy conspiracy theories, yet Trump pardoned him. That's a huge red flag to me.

JMO

Christian nationalist 'ReAwakening' rally, headlined by Michael Flynn, coming to Missouri

The event is one of over a dozen "Great ReAwakening" rallies, which have been criticized as distorting Christianity and harming democracy.

www.news-leader.com

The "ReAwakening" rallies have also drawn criticism from prominent Christian leaders, who have warned that the events distort the teachings of the religion in an attempt to harm American democracy, The Guardian reported in June.

At one similar rally in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Stone told the crowd, among other conspiratorial claims, that there was a "satanic portal above the White House" that could only be "closed by prayer."

 

[JerseyGirl]

Prosecutors in Trump Mar-a-Lago case facing threats, harassment: report

Prosecutors working on the classified documents case against former President Trump have reportedly faced threats and harassment as the legal battle proceeds. The Washington Post, citing a governme…

thehill.com

Prosecutors working on the classified documents case against former President Trump have reportedly faced threats and harassment as the legal battle proceeds.

The Washington Post, citing a government official and extremism experts, reported Thursday that prosecutors involved in the case have faced significant harassment and threats online and elsewhere.

Trump supporters have posted the names of prosecutors and government workers online and yelled them out at protests, the experts said.

 

[legalmomma]

Prosecutors in Trump Mar-a-Lago case facing threats, harassment: report

Prosecutors working on the classified documents case against former President Trump have reportedly faced threats and harassment as the legal battle proceeds. The Washington Post, citing a governme…

thehill.com

Prosecutors working on the classified documents case against former President Trump have reportedly faced threats and harassment as the legal battle proceeds.

The Washington Post, citing a government official and extremism experts, reported Thursday that prosecutors involved in the case have faced significant harassment and threats online and elsewhere.

Trump supporters have posted the names of prosecutors and government workers online and yelled them out at protests, the experts said.

Monkey see, monkey do

 

[ilovewings]

Prosecutors in Trump Mar-a-Lago case facing threats, harassment: report

Prosecutors working on the classified documents case against former President Trump have reportedly faced threats and harassment as the legal battle proceeds. The Washington Post, citing a governme…

thehill.com

Prosecutors working on the classified documents case against former President Trump have reportedly faced threats and harassment as the legal battle proceeds.

The Washington Post, citing a government official and extremism experts, reported Thursday that prosecutors involved in the case have faced significant harassment and threats online and elsewhere.

Trump supporters have posted the names of prosecutors and government workers online and yelled them out at protests, the experts said.

Trump's loyal followers were also provided addresses of some of these government officials, including the prosecutors in the Documents case.
Trump also posted Obama's address somewhere ( I can't recall exactly where that was), which is where they located that Taranto fellow who they believe was preparing to do harm to the Obamas before he was caught.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Aileen Cannon sets deadline for Donald Trump's lawyers before trial

The former president's attorneys have until July 13 to complete all "tasks required to obtain the requisite security clearances" in the federal case.

www.newsweek.com

Judge Aileen Cannon told the attorneys for Trump and Walt Nauta that they have until July 13 to complete all "outstanding applicant tasks required to obtain the requisite security clearances" in the case.

The deadline was set as the courts need to follow a strict set of rules under what is known as the Classified Information Procedures Act [CIPA] in order to decide how to protect the sensitive materials involved in the legal proceedings, as well as decide how they can be discussed or disclosed in a trial setting.

Cannon had originally set the trial to begin on August 14, but federal prosecutors argued that the former president's legal team would need more time in order to obtain security clearance to view the classified documents. The DoJ has requested that the trial be delayed until December.

 

[anneg]

Joyce White Vance's Substack (Civil Discourse) is well worth reading. You can subscribe free and get emails, as I do. I highly recommend her helpful expert legal commentary. The following was posted yesterday.

Newly Unredacted Parts of the Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant​

Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance | Substack

Worried about the state of the republic? Get the legal knowledge & analysis you need to be an advocate for democracy, along with a dose of savvy optimism. Click to read Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

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(scary excerpts)
On June 29, just hours after Trump posted President Obama’s Washington, D.C. address on Truth Social, one of Trump’s followers, Taylor Taranto, predictably picked up the gauntlet. He was arrested by the Secret Service in the neighborhood after livestreaming that he was looking for a way in. Taranto also faces misdemeanor charges in connection with January 6. His defense lawyers suggested during his detention hearing on those charges that prosecutors intend to bring felony charges in connection with the incident involving Obama. Taranto had two 9mm weapons, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and a machete in his vehicle at the time of his arrest. An additional 18 firearms registered to Taranto were unaccounted for, and after he was arrested, information on his social media accounts was deleted, suggesting a possible accomplice.

Trump knows that when he speaks, his followers listen. That’s how the country ended up on the verge of chaos on January 6. Did he think some sort of payback was due to Obama as he learned more about the government’s case against him? Or was it a childish but highly dangerous temper tantrum? Trump’s followers are now harassing and threatening agents and prosecutors working on cases against him. The risk of someone being seriously harmed to salve the former president’s mounting insecurities is untenable. Trump’s behavior is unacceptable. And yet delay is already creeping into the Mar-a-Lago prosecution. Walt Nauta was only just arraigned Thursday, three weeks after Trump, on the thin veneer of an excuse that he couldn’t find a Florida lawyer to represent him.

Trump is increasingly a danger to the community, and courts and prosecutors would do well to treat him like one. He’s cornered. And there’s no telling what he won’t stoop to to try and save himself, or just to vent his anger.

 

[Smelly Squirrel]

Also on Taranto, who may be released next week.

Jan. 6 defendant arrested with guns near Obama's home may be released next week

Taylor Taranto had two guns and 400 rounds of ammo inside his van when he was arrested last week, authorities said. He previously threatened to blow up the vehicle, they said.

www.nbcnews.com

A Jan. 6 defendant who had two guns and 400 rounds of ammunition in his van when he was arrested near former President Barack Obama's home last week may be released before trial unless prosecutors bring more serious charges against him in the next week, a federal magistrate judge indicated Thursday.

Taylor Taranto, who has admitted he was in the Capitol on Jan. 6, is currently facing four misdemeanor counts in connection with the Capitol attack. U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui said Thursday he was concerned by Taranto's behavior, but could only consider whether Taranto was a flight risk in determining whether to hold him pretrial because he is only facing misdemeanor offenses unrelated to his recent conduct and threats he posted online.

Ethen said that Taranto poses a threat to certain current and former government officials as well as the public at large, citing an incident last month in which Taranto livestreamed himself entering an elementary school near the home of Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., where he projected a movie about Jan. 6 on the wall. In the video, cited by prosecutors, Taranto said multiple times that he knew Raskin lived nearby, adding, "I didn’t tell anyone where he lives 'cause I want him all to myself."

Prosecutors said Thursday they intended to file additional charges against Taranto but did not specify the charges. Pretrial services plans to interview members of Taranto’s family about whether they would be suitable custodians if he were released.

 

[MyBelle]

Also on Taranto, who may be released next week.

Jan. 6 defendant arrested with guns near Obama's home may be released next week

Taylor Taranto had two guns and 400 rounds of ammo inside his van when he was arrested last week, authorities said. He previously threatened to blow up the vehicle, they said.

www.nbcnews.com

A Jan. 6 defendant who had two guns and 400 rounds of ammunition in his van when he was arrested near former President Barack Obama's home last week may be released before trial unless prosecutors bring more serious charges against him in the next week, a federal magistrate judge indicated Thursday.

Taylor Taranto, who has admitted he was in the Capitol on Jan. 6, is currently facing four misdemeanor counts in connection with the Capitol attack. U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui said Thursday he was concerned by Taranto's behavior, but could only consider whether Taranto was a flight risk in determining whether to hold him pretrial because he is only facing misdemeanor offenses unrelated to his recent conduct and threats he posted online.

Ethen said that Taranto poses a threat to certain current and former government officials as well as the public at large, citing an incident last month in which Taranto livestreamed himself entering an elementary school near the home of Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., where he projected a movie about Jan. 6 on the wall. In the video, cited by prosecutors, Taranto said multiple times that he knew Raskin lived nearby, adding, "I didn’t tell anyone where he lives 'cause I want him all to myself."

Prosecutors said Thursday they intended to file additional charges against Taranto but did not specify the charges. Pretrial services plans to interview members of Taranto’s family about whether they would be suitable custodians if he were released.

I sure hope they file additional charges. No way should he be out on bail.

JMO

 

[crussell821]

Joyce White Vance's Substack (Civil Discourse) is well worth reading. You can subscribe free and get emails, as I do. I highly recommend her helpful expert legal commentary. The following was posted yesterday.

Newly Unredacted Parts of the Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant​

Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance | Substack

Worried about the state of the republic? Get the legal knowledge & analysis you need to be an advocate for democracy, along with a dose of savvy optimism. Click to read Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

joycevance.substack.com

(scary excerpts)
On June 29, just hours after Trump posted President Obama’s Washington, D.C. address on Truth Social, one of Trump’s followers, Taylor Taranto, predictably picked up the gauntlet. He was arrested by the Secret Service in the neighborhood after livestreaming that he was looking for a way in. Taranto also faces misdemeanor charges in connection with January 6. His defense lawyers suggested during his detention hearing on those charges that prosecutors intend to bring felony charges in connection with the incident involving Obama. Taranto had two 9mm weapons, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and a machete in his vehicle at the time of his arrest. An additional 18 firearms registered to Taranto were unaccounted for, and after he was arrested, information on his social media accounts was deleted, suggesting a possible accomplice.

Trump knows that when he speaks, his followers listen. That’s how the country ended up on the verge of chaos on January 6. Did he think some sort of payback was due to Obama as he learned more about the government’s case against him? Or was it a childish but highly dangerous temper tantrum? Trump’s followers are now harassing and threatening agents and prosecutors working on cases against him. The risk of someone being seriously harmed to salve the former president’s mounting insecurities is untenable. Trump’s behavior is unacceptable. And yet delay is already creeping into the Mar-a-Lago prosecution. Walt Nauta was only just arraigned Thursday, three weeks after Trump, on the thin veneer of an excuse that he couldn’t find a Florida lawyer to represent him.

Trump is increasingly a danger to the community, and courts and prosecutors would do well to treat him like one. He’s cornered. And there’s no telling what he won’t stoop to to try and save himself, or just to vent his anger.

He posted Obama’s home address?? Just when I think he can’t stoop any lower, he does. He’s a disgusting, dangerous man.

 

[MyBelle]

He posted Obama’s home address?? Just when I think he can’t stoop any lower, he does. He’s a disgusting, dangerous man.

And he continues to surround himself with disgusting, dangerous advisors:
JMO

Roger Stone joins Trump on his private plane to Las Vegas after a campaign stop in Iowa

In 2019, Stone was convicted in federal court for obstructing a congressional investigation into Trump's 2016 campaign. Trump later commuted his sentence and then pardoned him.

www.nbcnews.com

In 2019, Stone was found guilty in federal court for interfering with the congressional investigation into Trump's 2016 campaign and its ties to Russia. He was convicted on seven counts, including witness tampering and making false statements. He was then sentenced to more than three years in federal prison, but Trump ultimately commuted his sentence and then pardoned his longtime ally.

 

[sds71]

@AnnaBower

Walt Nauta, Trump's co-defendant in the classified documents case, has filed a motion to postpone the first pre-trial conference in the case, which is currently scheduled for July 14.

According to the filing, the basis for the postponement request is that Nauta's out-of-town counsel, Stanley Woodward, is scheduled to begin a bench trial this week in D.C.--and thus would be unable to attend the pre-trial conference on July 14.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648654/gov.uscourts.flsd.648654.63.0.pdf

Meanwhile, counsel for the office of special counsel Jack Smith have filed a motion opposing Nauta's requested delay. "An indefinite continuance is unnecessary, will inject additional delay in this case, and is contrary to public interest," they write.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.64.0.pdf

 

[MyBelle]

@AnnaBower

Walt Nauta, Trump's co-defendant in the classified documents case, has filed a motion to postpone the first pre-trial conference in the case, which is currently scheduled for July 14.

According to the filing, the basis for the postponement request is that Nauta's out-of-town counsel, Stanley Woodward, is scheduled to begin a bench trial this week in D.C.--and thus would be unable to attend the pre-trial conference on July 14.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648654/gov.uscourts.flsd.648654.63.0.pdf

Meanwhile, counsel for the office of special counsel Jack Smith have filed a motion opposing Nauta's requested delay. "An indefinite continuance is unnecessary, will inject additional delay in this case, and is contrary to public interest," they write.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.64.0.pdf

I hope the Judge refuses to grant Nauta's request. It's the reason he also has a Florida attorney.

JMO

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I wonder if he's taking a leaf out of Trump's book and going "delay, delay, delay".

 

[MyBelle]

I wonder if he's taking a leaf out of Trump's book and going "delay delay delay".

Sure sounds like it. Hopefully, the Judge has had enough of the delays.

JMO

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

requests for continuances are fairly common, and there will be more on top of this one IMO. Trials are scheduled way out - filing this motion today may be untimely. Otherwise routine and will prob be granted. Hurry up and wait.

 

[MyBelle]

requests for continuances are fairly common, and there will be more on top of this one IMO. Trials are scheduled way out - filing this motion today may be untimely. Otherwise routine and will prob be granted. Hurry up and wait.

Smith sure doesn't believe the delay is routine or reasonable. The D.C. attorney still hasn't bothered to fill out the required form for the security clearance. The issue is about national security and the handling of top secret documents.

JMO

MSN

Smith fired back in his filing that Nauta has provided no reason why his Florida-based lawyer, Sasha Dadan, couldn’t handle the hearing.

“An indefinite continuance is unnecessary, will inject additional delay in this case, and is contrary to the public interest,” the Smith team said in their filing.

Nauta and Trump also face a deadline Monday for filing their response to the special counsel’s proposal that the trial begin in mid-December. Smith has already previewed that the defendants have some objections to that proposed date.

In the fight over when the coming hearing on classified procedures should take place, Nauta claims he had “little notice” that prosecutors were going to bring the charges in the Southern District of Florida – where he would be required to have an attorney licensed in the Sunshine State – and said his DC attorney’s initial inability to get notices from the docket until then hampered his efforts to flag the scheduling conflict.

Nauta also raised his defense team’s lack of security clearances as an issue, while claiming that it was not reasonable to expect his new Florida-based attorney to take the lead on the matters slated for discussion at Friday’s hearing “barely a week after she has been retained by Mr. Nauta.”

Smith’s team shot back that Woodward, the DC-based lawyer, has yet to fill out the form required in the security clearance process.

“Almost a month has passed since the grand jury returned its indictment. There is a strong public interest in the conference occurring as originally scheduled and the case proceeding as expeditiously as possible,” the Smith team said.

 

[JerseyGirl]

@AnnaBower

Walt Nauta, Trump's co-defendant in the classified documents case, has filed a motion to postpone the first pre-trial conference in the case, which is currently scheduled for July 14.

According to the filing, the basis for the postponement request is that Nauta's out-of-town counsel, Stanley Woodward, is scheduled to begin a bench trial this week in D.C.--and thus would be unable to attend the pre-trial conference on July 14.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648654/gov.uscourts.flsd.648654.63.0.pdf

Meanwhile, counsel for the office of special counsel Jack Smith have filed a motion opposing Nauta's requested delay. "An indefinite continuance is unnecessary, will inject additional delay in this case, and is contrary to public interest," they write.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.64.0.pdf

Special counsel Jack Smith says Trump aide is proposing an 'unnecessary' delay by trying to push a Friday hearing without any replacement date

Nauta's lawyers argued that they can't both be present for the hearing. They did not propose a new date, which Smith said risks a lengthy delay.

www.businessinsider.com

Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday urged a federal judge to reject Trump aide Walt Nauta's efforts to further delay his case related to former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents.

 

[Stunned]

Special counsel Jack Smith says Trump aide is proposing an 'unnecessary' delay by trying to push a Friday hearing without any replacement date

Nauta's lawyers argued that they can't both be present for the hearing. They did not propose a new date, which Smith said risks a lengthy delay.

www.businessinsider.com

Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday urged a federal judge to reject Trump aide Walt Nauta's efforts to further delay his case related to former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents.

Good for Mr. Smith!