>>20567849 Julie Kelly: 'Very likely that Judge Cannon will dismiss the case against Trump.'PN

Judge Cannon Takes Wrecking Ball to Trump Classified Docs Case Citing Robert Hur’s Report

By thepoliticsbrief March 14, 2024EXCELLENT

Former President Donald Trump appeared in a Florida courtroom on Thursday to appeal his classified documents case,while citing Special Counsel Robert Hur’s decision not to bring charges against sitting President Joe Biden.

Hur’s report showed that Joe Biden not only willfully and intentionally mishandled classified documents, stored them in multiple insecure locations, and procured them while Senator and Vice President, but he also misled federal investigators, obstructed justice, and divulged national security secrets.

Biden’s leaks of classified information are deemed to be so serious that the Intelligence Community is now performing a “damage assessment” to ascertain the extent they compromised national security.

Judge Cannon on Thursday, as reported by legal analyst Julie Kelly, took a wrecking ball to the Department of Justice’s case against Donald Trump.

Cannon pressed both defense and Special Counsel to explain when the "crime" of willful retention of national defense information begins–she noted the date in Jack Smith's indictment as to when Trump first violated the Espionage Act.

January 20, 2021, the day he left office pic.twitter.com/BTiEo3WLce — Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) March 14, 2024

“Robert Hur report and testimony is the biggest elephant in the room,” Kelly noted. “The term ‘arbitrary enforcement’ used frequently by both the defense and Judge Aileen Cannon.”

“Cannon hammered thefact no former president or vice president has been charged under Espionage Actfor taking and keeping classified records including national defense information–which represents 32 counts against Trump in Jack Smith’s indictment,” she continued.

“Prediction: Cannon won’t dismiss the case based on the motions debated today–vagueness of Espionage Act and protection under the Presidential Records Act,” she added.“But it’s very likely she will dismiss the case based on selective prosecution, a motion still pending before her,” she stated.

Kelly provided more information on the courtroom developments.

• “Cannon pressed both defense and Special Counsel to explain when the ‘crime’ of willful retention of national defense information begins–she noted the date in Jack Smith’s indictment as to when Trump first violated the Espionage Act,” she said. “January 20, 2021, the day he left office.”

• “Jay Bratt, representing special counsel office, confirmed the ‘crime’ began that day because as a former president, he was entitled to retain the documents,” she also noted.

• “Cannon again asked forhistorical precedent as to when a former president or vice president faced charges for similar conduct. Bratt of course said there isnone.”

• “She added ‘vice president’ on numerous occasions for a reason–Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and Mike Penceall skated on criminal charges,” Kelly went on. “Trump is the only one who has not.”

•“Cannon: ‘Arbitrary enforcement… is featuring in this case’. Cannon also addressed the ‘foreseeability’ as to Trump’s awareness he was committing a crime by keeping classified/national defense information,” she added.

• “Given the constellation of what happened before”–meaning no criminal prosecution of former presidentsincluding Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan and vice presidents–Cannon suggested Trump could have reasonably expected he was in the clear,” she went on.

That is as clear a signal that the Trump classified documents case is in peril as could have arisen out of the day’s courtroom proceedings. While both cases may contain elements of technical illegalities,Donald Trump’s case is far less egregious than Joe Biden’s, given the fact Trump was a sitting president with ultimate declassification authority; he stored the documents at Mar-a-Lago, his authorized presidential office away from the White House; and he has further protection by the Presidential Records Act.

Thus, in the event of a “guilty” verdict in the Trump case, it will be a case of “selective and vindictive prosecution” — as blatant a case of election interference in U.S. history. A Trump guilty verdict would thus be a political outcome subverting the will of American voters. It would be the true “attack on democracy” that the Democratic Party is dishonestly protesting about, while it interferes in America’s elections and compromises institutions such as the rule of law.

If Judge Cannon dismissed the Trump classified documents case with prejudice, it would be a true victory for “democracy.”

https://thepoliticsbrief.com/judge-cannon-takes-wrecking-ball-to-trump-classified-docs-case-citing-robert-hurs-report/

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"Donald Trump Shows Joe Biden How to Act Presidential by Comforting Laken Riley’s Parents" Kyle Becker - March 10, 2024

One of America's last two presidents knows how to act humanely. The other is Joe Biden. At his State of the Union address, Joe Biden…

https://thepoliticsbrief.com/22-donald-trump-shows-joe-biden-how-to-act-humane-by-comforting-laken-rileys-parents/

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Donald Trump Shows Joe Biden How to Act Presidential by Comforting Laken Riley’s Parents

By Kyle Becker March 10, 2024

One of America’s last two presidents knows how to act humanely. The other is Joe Biden.

At his State of the Union address, Joe Biden tried — and failed — to ‘say her name.’ He botched Laken Riley’s name, twice, by calling her “Lincoln Riley” (a college football coach, by the way) and then downplayed the significance of her death.

He even apologized for calling the inhumane animal who bashed in Riley’s head while she was jogging near the University of Georgia an “illegal.”

Tonight, former President Donald Trump not only said Laken Riley’s name correctly, but he gave Joe Biden a lesson on how to be humane towards a grieving family.

Trump demanded justice for the 22-year-old nursing student, who was slain by a Venezuelan migrant named Jose Ibarra whom the Biden administration refused to deport.

Trump delivered a strong statement on behalf of Laken Riley in front of a Rome, Georgia campaign rally and with Riley’s parents in attendance.

“Laken Riley would be alive today if Joe Biden had not willfully and maliciously eviscerated the borders of the United States and set loose thousands and thousands of dangerous criminals into our country,” Trump said.

“To her family tonight, I promise you, I will demand justice for Laken,” he said as the crowd applauded. “Justice for Laken,” he emphatically repeated.

Donald Trump also comforted Laken Riley’s family. Tonight Donald Trump met with Laken Riley’s family and consoled them. Also tonight, Joe Biden went on TV and apologized for calling the man who did it an illegal.

https://thepoliticsbrief.com/22-donald-trump-shows-joe-biden-how-to-act-humane-by-comforting-laken-rileys-parents/

INFOGRAPHIC: China’s Economic Governance: Key People and Initiatives, by Yuan Wang and James Evans.HARVARD

INFOGRAPHIC: China’s Economic Governance December 13, 2018

James Gethyn Evans, Harvard University Ph.D. candidate

Yuanzhuo Wang, Fairbank Center Blog Contributor

Economy, Government, Outreach

The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University presents a visual guide to the leaders of China’s economy. By Yuanzhuo Wang, Research Associate at Harvard Business School, and James Gethyn Evans, Communications Officer at the Fairbank Center.

As China marks 40 years of Reform and Opening Up, the Fairbank Centerpresents a visualization of China’s contemporary economic governance. Building on our previous infographic on China’s Leaders of Party and State, this infographic explains the role of each Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) member in the economic governance of the country, as well as the responsibilities of the country’s top economic officials, who mostly reside under the State Council (China’s central government).

The Premier of the State Council, by law, is in overall charge of the State Council bureaucracy. Vice Premiers, including the first-ranked Vice Premier with a PSC seat, and State Councilors, have specific areas of responsibility (分管领域) represented by their assigned ministry-level organs.

Each Vice Premier (and sometimes State Councilor) is also in charge of key policy initiatives that often require the participation of ministers overseen by other Vice Premiers (and/or other PSC or Politburo members if they fall outside the economic bureaucracy). In these cases, a coordinating body (议事协调机构) is usually established and chaired by the person in charge. In other words, even though most ministers are assigned to a specific Vice Premier or State Councilor who have primary oversight over them (which is how they are displayed in the infographic), ministers also report to other leaders for specific tasks. An office of the coordinating body is usually placed within a relevant ministry, which is overseen by a chair or vice chair to manage the day-to-day affairs of the body.

For example, the State Council Leading Group on Advancing the Development of Small and Medium Size Enterprises is chaired by Vice Premier Liu He, and has its office at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which Liu himself oversees. One of the three Vice Chairs of the group is the Minister of Finance, who is overseen by Han Zheng. The 19 members of the group consist of vice minister-rank officials, who represent a variety of government bodies that could impact the development of SMEs.

In the infographic, the heads of the “constituent organs” (i.e. the ministries and commissions”) of the State Council (国务院组成部门) are displayed if they are overseen by a Vice Premier or State Councilor with an economic portfolio.

Ministries like defense and foreign affairs are omitted because they are overseen by other Politburo or PSC members. Due to limited space, only some heads of the ministry-rank “directly subordinated organs” of the State Council (国务院直属机构) are displayed. A “*” is placed next to an organ if its minister/head does not concurrently serve as its Communist Party Secretary.

The rest of this blogpost gives a brief overview of the new CCP decision-making commissions. In particular, it profiles each of the leading economic officials, including the key initiatives they are in charge of, and the other State Council coordinating bodies they lead.

Go to link for all leaders and assignments below, LOTS MORE DETAIL ON WEBSITE

https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/research/blog/infographic-chinas-economic-governance/

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