PBP: P01135809 Trump Espionage, Coup, Conspiracy, Racketeering, Fraud & Obstruction Trial Thread

That was an interesting discussion, and there are a few points which I think are fairly relevant to Smith's mindset.
First, they are charging him with crimes that appear to be transactional in nature, which fits his personality/MO.
Second, they chose the Palm Beach/Cannon court, and not any other federal court in south Florida. They literally ticked a box.
Third, they gave credit to Smith for only charging Trump with retaining the files, and not also taking the files. As they pointed out, both are the essentially the same, but just different ends of the same action, and sometimes both are charged to "see what sicks."
Fourth, they seem to think there are pending charges which will be filed in DC, and also possibly Bedminster. The latter they think so because that is where the recording took place.
Regarding Cannon:
Fifth, they seem to be saying that Cannon was assigned at random, not with any intent, though it was not unanimous.
Sixth, they also seem to expect that Cannon won't be the trial judge. But not really because of her mess previously, because of her experience, specifically with classified documents.

One thing which I hope gets addressed in the future is to get into why those 38(?) documents were chosen, and why others were left out. From reporting, he had over 300 Classified or higher documents seized.

 

I think the guidelines say a maximum of 10 year per conviction, per document. That doesn't include the other charges. And what I have heard so far from the legal people is they believe he will get the max, or close to it, for each conviction, as a message to how serious the actions were.

 

No, sure it could. A plea is a separate agreement. Defendants agree with to conditions of probation, etc., in plea deals all the time that restrict their constitutional rights in comparison to normal persons who haven't been convicted of a felony.

 

The way sentencing guidelines work, probably 10 years.

 

Sure. But that's a state case. No federal sentencing guidelines in play there.

 

Reidsville isn't a pleasant place.

 

Hey, man, it's already been a good couple of days. I don't need you raise my hopes and then get them dashed.

 

While this is true, I suspect there will a very through questionnaire to potential jurors which will sus out those bent on the pro-Trump conspiracies.