The MeidasTouch Podcast - FED UP Jack Smith TORCHES Justice Thomas AND CANNON…

Episode Date: July 13, 2024

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on a new filing by Special Counsel Jack Smith before Judge Aileen Cannon about Justice Clarence Thomas’ concurrence in the Supreme Court absolute immunity decision. ZBiotics: Head to https://zbiotics.com/MEIDAS to get 15% off your first order when you use MEIDAS at checkout. Visit https://meidastouch.com for more! Join the Legal AF Patreon: https://Patreon.com/meidastouch Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown Lights On with Jessica Denson: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/lights-on-with-jessica-denson On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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ruling, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a single-authored justice concurrence, meaning just Clarence Thomas wrote it, none of the other justices were. Clarence Thomas said, you know what? In addition to absolute immunity for core constitutional functions, official acts, which we should give broad presumptions that everything a president does is an official act, and also the inadmissibility of any evidence relating to official acts, I want to go a step further. And Justice Clarence Thomas, who we all know is on the take now, who's been bribed more than $4 million in clear and present view, said, you know what I want? I think that the special counsel in general is unconstitutional.

And Judge Eileen Cannon, he didn't say her name specifically, but he goes, any case involving the special counsel's office, those cases should be dismissed too. Wink, wink, wink. And as we reported then, Justice Clarence Thomas was quite literally sending a message to Judge Eileen Cannon, the judge who Donald Trump appointed after he had lost, and telling her what to do to try to get the Mar-a-Lago document case dismissed. Now, before Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that concurring opinion, there were multiple days of hearings that were held by Judge Eileen Cannon, for which she has failed to rule yet, because as we know, she issues paperless order, paperless order, paperless order, and never makes a ruling. But the very fact that she entertained Donald Trump's motion to dismiss the indictment in the Mar-a-Lago document case on the basis that the special counsel was unlawfully appointed, that the special counsel is unconstitutional, and that the funds appropriated to the special

counsel are unlawful. The fact that she even held a hearing for that, where the United States Supreme Court has held previously over and over again that a special counsel is statutorily authorized and permissible, just told you where Judge Cannon is going. But look, folks, the fact that the Supreme Court has precedent and says certain things doesn't mean that the Supreme Court will ever change its mind and reverse it. They reversed Roe v. Wade. They reversed all our jurisprudence on what's called the Lemon Test as it relates to the separation of church and state, which they say isn't really a thing anymore. They've abolished all of their precedent regarding administrative agencies, saying there should no longer be deference to administrative agencies. And they've basically thrown out the

whole constitutional system we have by saying that there is someone who's above the law. The presidency is above the law and you can kill people, whatever, as long as it is an official act, go for it. Well, special counsel Jack Smith responds here to judge Cannon and says, look, we know that judge Justice Thomas is sending you this message, but justice Clarence Thomas is wrong. You will be wrong if you side with Justice Clarence Thomas. Here is what Jack Smith said. And by the way, what this shows too is Jack Smith's ready to fight. Jack Smith does not look at the Supreme Court's absolute immunity ruling and say, I'm done. The Supreme Court said, go away, tap out. Jack Smith is saying, I'm gearing up for battle in the long term right now. This may be a setback with the Supreme Court did, but I am not going to stop until Donald

Trump is thrown behind bars where he deserves. Here it is. Government's response to defendant Donald Trump's notice of supplemental authority. Jack Smith writes, the government hereby responds under local rule 7.8 to defendant Donald Trump's submission as supplemental authority. Trump submitted Clarence Thomas's message, the concurring opinion to judge Eileen Cannon. Exactly what we said to you was the whole plan of what Clarence Thomas was doing there. The government agrees to supplemental briefing on the immunity issue addressed in the Supreme Court's opinion. Trump's notice also refers to Justice Thomas's concurrence addressing

the special counsel's authority to prosecute. That single justice concurrence addressing an issue that Trump did not raise, that the parties did not brief, and that was not relevant to the question presented to or decided by the court, neither binds this court nor provides a sound basis to deviate from the uniform conclusion of all courts to have considered the issue that the Attorney General is statutorily authorized to appoint a special counsel. And as the concurrence recognized, the Supreme Court found that the statutes on which the government principally relies here, namely 28 U.S.C. Sections 515 and 533, supported the appointment of the special prosecutor in United States v. Nixon. And it goes on to cite that. In other words, Special Counsel Jack Smith

is saying here that Justice Clarence Thomas, on his own, decided to make a ruling in his concurrence, and it's not authored by any of the other Supreme Court justices, so it should not be given any precedential value. It doesn't bind this court. It's not part of the Supreme Court's main ruling itself. But Justice Clarence Thomas, on his own, we're aware Judge Cannon basically decided to write you a note, decided to write you a letter, and we're going to call you out on it. You're a loose cannon. We don't know what you're going to do, but we want to put you on notice that we're aware of the scheme that took place, that what we would be doing is we're prepared to go to the 11th Circuit if you decide in this situation to ultimately dismiss this case now that

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or so since the indictment issue. Then there was a superseding indictment last August. She hasn't made a substantive ruling yet. Think about that. And you know, that's why I cover here's a paperless order. Here's a paperless order. Here's another paperless order where she just moves the schedules around and then says, okay, let's do more briefing. Or you know what? I may deny this without prejudice, meaning it's not binding. Go submit more briefing to me. You know what? Let's have a scheduling conference. Come here and then I'll move the dates here. I'll move the dates there. Come back to me. You know, let's rebrief that issue. Make some more argument

because she knows the moment she makes that substantive ruling, Jack Smith takes it, goes to the 11th Circuit, tells the 11th Circuit to remove her. The 11th Circuit knows that Judge Cannon's own supervising judge in the Southern District of Florida court wants Judge Eileen Cannon gone as well. The 11th Circuit wants Judge Cannon gone because she's just making an embarrassment of the law. I mean, just the sloppiness, the disorganization, the overt favoritism. She's not even doing it in a crafty and careful way. It's an embarrassment to the entire circuit and to all of her peers. So she's got to make a ruling. So now if she buys into what Clarence Thomas

is saying, who's just one justice who said that, Jack Smith then goes to the 11th Circuit and then could try to get her finally reversed. What do I think she's going to do? I think Judge Cannon extends this briefing schedule all the way past the election, and she's going to try to delay this, delay this, delay this. Now, if you say, can you get rid of Judge Cannon any other way? She can get impeached, but that's not going to happen with the Republicans controlling the House. So that's an impossibility. I'll leave you with this thought though here. So the only way to get rid of her is if ultimately there's a motion to recuse her, to get rid of her with the 11th Circuit, where you need some substantive order to be able to do that. But I'll leave you with this. So Donald Trump

accuses all of these other judges of rigging things and it's unfair. Well, the Supreme Court justices you appointed who did not recuse themselves in a case involving your attempt to overthrow our democracy made a ruling with other three right-wing justices that you were above the law, that you have the powers of a monarch, and that America is a monarchy, basically, and you can kill people. And as long as it a concurring opinion, but sent a letter to Judge Cannon giving her instructions to try to help you where cases went before juries. E. Jean Carroll, liable for sexual assault. Other E. Jean Carroll, liable for defamation. Another jury convicted on 34 felony counts.

Grand jury, indicted, indicted, indicted. Four grand juries. Where people, where the way our system of law works, where you go before juries, you lose. Where you call in a favor from corrupt right-wing justices who are trying to undermine and destroy our system of law, they give you, you remember growing up with Game Genie, which would allow people like to cheat in the game. They give you the cheat code and then just say, oh, you don't have to go in front of a jury. You don't have to follow the law. We the people need to recognize what's up though. We the people need to see what's up and deal with it. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 3 million together. Thank you so much for watching. Love this video? Make sure you stay up to date on the latest breaking news and all things Midas

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