Jack Smith Has Few Options in Trump Case, Say Former Prosecutors

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Several former federal prosecutors said the special prosecutor can do โ€˜nothingโ€™ to advance the case.

A federal judgeโ€™s ruling this week that postponed former President Donald Trumpโ€™s classified documents case represents a significant legal win for the former president, legal analysts say.

A former federal prosecutor, Renato Mariotti, wrote that there is virtually โ€œnothingโ€ special counsel Jack Smith can do to speed the process up.

โ€œRealistically there is nothing Jack Smith can do to move the Mar-a-Lago case forward to trial before the election. Judges have extremely broad discretion over their trial calendar, which is what gives Judge Cannon the ability to avoid setting a trial date at this time,โ€ Mr. Mariotti wrote on social media.

Another former federal prosecutor, Brandon Van Grack, wrote that Mr. Smithโ€™s team will have โ€œa bumpy rideโ€ ahead of them because of Judge Cannonโ€™s โ€œnumerous other scheduled hearings on pretrial motionsโ€ from President Trump and two co-defendants, which he indicates that Judge Cannon believes โ€œhave merit.โ€

Harry P. Litman, a law professor and a former U.S. attorney, echoed those claims, saying that the case is now in a โ€œdeep freezeโ€ after the latest order.

Meanwhile, multiple television legal analysts claimed that with her latest order, Judge Cannon is intentionally trying to delay the case. The Epoch Times contacted the court for comment.

โ€œThis is news but itโ€™s hardly unexpected. Judge Cannon seems desperate to avoid trying this case. This isnโ€™t justice. defendants arenโ€™t the only ones with speedy trial act rights, we the people have them too,โ€ wrote former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance, who currently works for MSNBC, on Tuesday afternoon.

But Tim Fitton, the head of the Judicial Watch legal group, wrote that complaints about Judge Cannonโ€™s decisions are unwarranted, arguing that such a timeline โ€œis normal and not surprising.โ€

โ€œBut the Leftโ€™s election riggers and civil rights abusers believe that Trump has no rights and will attack Judge Cannon for proceeding normally in this case and for not violating Trumpโ€™s constitutional rights,โ€ he wrote on X, formerly known Twitter.

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