Former President Donald Trump speaks at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Tuesday, June 13, 2023, after pleading not guilty in a Miami courtroom earlier in the day to dozens of felony counts that he hoarded classified documents and refused government demands to give them back. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
A federal magistrate judge Monday agreed to a motion from the Justice Department to block former President Trump from disclosing information relating to the Mar-a-Lago case, after prosecutors said the investigation remains ongoing.
The order sides with the Justice Department in allowing Trump to see evidence collected in the case — including classified documents — but only in the presence of his attorneys.
It also blocks him from disseminating any information from the case with reporters or on social media, mirroring a similar order agreed to in the hush money case being prosecuted by authorities in New York.
This week No Labels indicated that they would likely back out if Ron DeSantis were the Republican nominee and said they wouldn’t bother if Biden had a big lead over Trump in the polls.
The third-party chatter could get very embarrassing for Biden: a bipartisan group of moderates essentially saying that he and Trump are as bad as one another. Does that mean a third-party candidate could be a real factor this time around? It’s still too early to say. Two unpopular candidates is a necessary but not sufficient ingredient for a meaningful third-party run, but would a candidate picked by No Labels insiders really be the person best placed to break up the duopoly? And American voters have grown all too accustomed to choosing between two flawed candidates.
For now, the third-candidate possibility is best understood as a front in the Democratic shadow war: a way for moderates to flex their muscles and test the strength of Biden’s candidacy. Hence why Biden’s team is getting nervous. And why Trump couldn’t care less.
[That’s probably true of DeSantis too, to an even greater extent. A third-party run wouldn’t dent him at all, as Oliver notes. All it would do is drain votes off from Biden, to the extent it has any impact at all. The problem for Democrats is that none of them are passionate about Biden; their voters are only passionate about Trump. Republican voters and no small number of Democrats are passionate about kicking Biden out of office. Democrats want Trump to produce ennui among their opponents.
I’m not convinced a third party candidate has a chance in 24. Never say never, but I just don’t think so.
Then again, it would depend on who the third party candidate was… Bobby Kennedy Jr… my personal hope… John Kennedy R LA.? Unfortunately, it is going to be Trump and some dipshit other than Biden for the Communists. I understand why you feel the way you do about Trump, but I just don’t see any other person that can take him down. Maybe as we get closer, but not right now.
Sure, just like I ruined the country. I told you enough times I lost count… I voted for him twice and I’ll vote for him again. Look… I’m a hero… I saved the country.
I visit with people down south who are staunch democrats.
We were having a discussion and I said this is a perfect example of our dual justice system. They said no, what Trump did was beyond criminal and he should go to jail I said and Hunter? They said it was minor and shouldn’t even be prosecuted. That moved the conversation to Hunter laptop. They considered it a fake and planted by the right. They also believe the evidence of bribes is also manufactured.
I used to be that way, but as usual any exercise involving having discussions or debates with the left is futile. There is no expedient means to solving problems when it involves Progressives and leftists only a means to waste more time and rob more precious time from your life. There are now new alternatives to fighting this fight and debates are no longer a option.
The decision to base Donald Trump’s trial in Fort Pierce will provide a much “more favorable” jury pool for the twice-indicted former president.
The federal court division in the Treasure Coast draws jurors from a random selection of registered voters from Martin, Indian River, Highlands, Okeechobee and St. Lucie counties.
Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg noted on Tuesday, hours U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon decided the case would be held there, that four of those are “red counties” while St. Lucie “is a swing county.”
“So the jury pool will definitely be more favorable to Trump, as compared to one in Palm Beach County or Washington, D.C.,” Aronberg said.
Here are the voter registration numbers in those counties according to the Florida Division of Elections as of May 31 of this year, plus the percentage Trump won in each during the 2020 presidential election:
Highlands is 49% Republican. GOP voters outnumber Democrats by 34,324 to 17,536, with 17,103 no-party voters. Trump won the county with 66.8% of the vote in 2020.
Indian River is also 49% Republican. GOP voters outnumber Democrats by 55,974 to 27,746, with 26,351 no-party voters. Trump won the county with 60.4% of the vote in 2020.
Martin is just over 50% Republican majority. GOP voters outnumber Democrats by 60,281 to 27,154, with 28,603 no-party voters. Trump won the county with 62% of the vote in 2020.
Okeechobee is 56% Republican. GOP voters outnumbering Democrats by 10,823 to 4,576, with 3,379 no-party voters. Trump won the county with 71.9% of the vote in 2020.
St. Lucie is just 34% Republican. GOP voters slightly trail Democrats by 83,594 to 87,319, with 67,126 no-party voters. Trump won the county with 50.4% of the vote in 2020.
