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UnJustified

Episode 85.5 | Cannon Dismisses the Case

UnJustified

MSW Media

Politics, News Commentary, History, News

4.87.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

She did it! Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the Mar-a-Lago case. She bought Justice Clarence Thomas’s drive-by concurrence in the immunity ruling saying Jack Smith was appointed unconstitutionally. Jack Smith has requested permission from Merrick Garland to appeal Cannon’s ruling.

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0:00.0

M-S-S-W Media.

0:06.7

I signed an order appointing Jack Smith.

0:09.2

And those who say Jack is a fanatic.

0:12.4

Mr Smith is a veteran career prosecutor.

0:15.2

Wait, what law have I worked?

0:16.8

The events leading up to and on January 6, classified documents and other presidential records.

0:22.1

You understand what prison is?

0:23.8

Send me to jail! Welcome to a very special bonus episode of Jack, the podcast about all things special

0:39.0

special counsel. It's Monday, maybe Tuesday, I don't know when you're going to get this.

0:43.7

July 15th, maybe July 16th, I'm Allison Gill.

0:46.5

And I'm Andy McCabe. Okay, we're bringing you this bonus episode because Judge Eileen Cannon has dismissed the case against

0:56.9

Donald Trump in Florida on the grounds that the Special Counsel Jack Smith's appointment violated the Constitution.

1:05.0

So we're going to talk about her ruling.

1:07.0

We're going to talk about the precedent and the possible ways forward for Jack Smith

1:12.0

and the Department of Justice.

1:14.3

Until today, every federal judge that considered the issue, all eight of them,

1:19.2

unanimously found that attorneys general can appoint a special counsel.

1:24.8

Judge Cannon has departed from that tradition.

1:27.7

Oh yeah, in quite spectacular fashion.

1:30.8

And we do actually have a statement from the Special Counsel's

1:35.9

spokesperson on what they plan on doing.

1:38.8

But let's cover what her ruling says. We'll start with what her ruling says. We'll talk about a

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