Interesting New Book Details How DOJ Blundered The Classified Documents Case Against Trump

[Dr. Phosphorous]

Yes but but but those who could impose the slam dunk did not do so and are adults and you are not

And why didn't happen? Because Judge Cannon is corrupt and only cares about pleasing Trump and MAGA feces eaters such as yourself.

 

[struth]

The disaster began when Jack Smith decided to try the case in Florida. Others in DOJ disagreed vehemently disagreed with Jack Smith on this decision, because they were rightfully worried that the case could end up in front of the hopelessly corrupt MAGA judge Aileen Cannon. And that is what happened.

From the Washington Post --

Federal prosecutor David Raskin was expecting that the criminal case he had helped build against former president Donald Trump would be filed in Washington, D.C., when a colleague bumped into him with surprising news: Their boss, special counsel Jack Smith, had decided to bring the case in Florida.

“Are you all f---ing insane?” Raskin blurted out to his fellow prosecutor on that spring day in 2023, in a hallway at a Justice Department building in D.C.

Smith and his top deputies had concluded that trying the case in Florida put them on firmer legal ground, reducing the risk of the most serious charges being overturned on appeal. And members of their team had initially calculated that there was just a 1 in 6 chance that a case in Florida would land in Cannon’s courtroom.

“I’m not worried about Florida,” Smith said later when presenting his decision to Justice Department officials.

But the early calculation of the odds that Cannon would get the case — and Smith’s faith that the evidence could win her over even after she did — turned out to be wrong.

Raskin, who had been investigating Trump for keeping dozens of classified documents at his Palm Beach golf club, was alarmed by what he saw as a huge gamble. In Florida, the case could wind up before U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon, a Trump-appointed jurist who had already temporarily blocked federal agents from reviewing sensitive records seized from Trump’s club during the investigation.

This behind-the-scenes account reveals new details about the inner workings of Smith’s highly secretive team as he pushed it to complete a historic investigation in record time, including the venue choice that led to the unraveling of the most clear-cut criminal charges that Trump faced. It lays bare previously unreported dissension on the Smith team over how to manage the classified documents investigation. And it recounts for the first time Smith’s effort to remove Cannon from the case, an idea that a top Justice Department official rejected and that Smith never presented to Attorney General Merrick Garland.

Smith’s decision to bring the documents case in Florida, rooted in an extensive internal legal analysis, ran counter to what Raskin and others believed was the surer path to a conviction: charging Trump in D.C.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2025/10/27/injustice-jack-smith-trump-florida/

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It was never about getting a conviction, it was a politcal prosecution met to harm his campaign. We know that it was a blunder from the start, and epic failure

 

[Independent thinker]

Except this was a slam dunk case.

Trump had thousands of pages of classified documents that he refused to return to the government. This should have been an easy conviction for Jack Smith and DOJ.

The others were slam dunks

 

[WEATHER53]

And why didn't happen? Because Judge Cannon is corrupt and only cares about pleasing Trump and MAGA feces eaters such as yourself.

Not time for a new deflection question.
No slam dunkk evident and no slam dunk ruling
Now click those heels boy/girl

 

[struth]

This was no witch hunt. This was a slam dunk case against Trump.

All Trump had to do was return the classified documents to the government and he was too ******* stupid to even do that.

If it was a slam duck they would of gotten a conviction instead of jt tossed

 

[Dr. Phosphorous]

The others were slam dunks

No, they weren't. And provide evidence backing-up your MAGA bullshit or get the **** out, troll.

 

[struth]

And why didn't happen? Because Judge Cannon is corrupt and only cares about pleasing Trump and MAGA feces eaters such as yourself.

Cannon simply followed the law, smith was illegally appointed

Not to mention the SCOTUS had to step in because it was beyond absurd to try and prosecute a president for things he did in his job…this was unprecedented

 

[Dr. Phosphorous]

If it was a slam duck they would of gotten a conviction instead of jt tossed

Wrong, dumb ****....as post #1 explains.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

The disaster began when Jack Smith decided to try the case in Florida. Others in DOJ disagreed vehemently disagreed with Jack Smith on this decision, because they were rightfully worried that the case could end up in front of the hopelessly corrupt MAGA judge Aileen Cannon. And that is what happened.

From the Washington Post --

Federal prosecutor David Raskin was expecting that the criminal case he had helped build against former president Donald Trump would be filed in Washington, D.C., when a colleague bumped into him with surprising news: Their boss, special counsel Jack Smith, had decided to bring the case in Florida.

“Are you all f---ing insane?” Raskin blurted out to his fellow prosecutor on that spring day in 2023, in a hallway at a Justice Department building in D.C.

Smith and his top deputies had concluded that trying the case in Florida put them on firmer legal ground, reducing the risk of the most serious charges being overturned on appeal. And members of their team had initially calculated that there was just a 1 in 6 chance that a case in Florida would land in Cannon’s courtroom.

“I’m not worried about Florida,” Smith said later when presenting his decision to Justice Department officials.

But the early calculation of the odds that Cannon would get the case — and Smith’s faith that the evidence could win her over even after she did — turned out to be wrong.

Raskin, who had been investigating Trump for keeping dozens of classified documents at his Palm Beach golf club, was alarmed by what he saw as a huge gamble. In Florida, the case could wind up before U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon, a Trump-appointed jurist who had already temporarily blocked federal agents from reviewing sensitive records seized from Trump’s club during the investigation.

This behind-the-scenes account reveals new details about the inner workings of Smith’s highly secretive team as he pushed it to complete a historic investigation in record time, including the venue choice that led to the unraveling of the most clear-cut criminal charges that Trump faced. It lays bare previously unreported dissension on the Smith team over how to manage the classified documents investigation. And it recounts for the first time Smith’s effort to remove Cannon from the case, an idea that a top Justice Department official rejected and that Smith never presented to Attorney General Merrick Garland.

Smith’s decision to bring the documents case in Florida, rooted in an extensive internal legal analysis, ran counter to what Raskin and others believed was the surer path to a conviction: charging Trump in D.C.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2025/10/27/injustice-jack-smith-trump-florida/

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An entire book about how Dems have to judge shop to get the results they want.

 

[Dr. Phosphorous]

Cannon simply followed the law, smith was illegally appointed

Not to mention the SCOTUS had to step in because it was beyond absurd to try and prosecute a president for things he did in his job…this was unprecedented

Just making shit up.

All you MAGA fucktards should be banned. NONE of you can have an intelligent conversation.

Dirt stupid lumps of shit, all of you.

 

[WEATHER53]

An entire book about how Dems have to judge shop to get the results they want.

Perfection

 

[struth]

Wrong, dumb ****....as post #1 explains.

Post one explains that it was a witch hunt and never about a conviction

 

[struth]

Just making shit up.

All you MAGA fucktards should be banned. NONE of you can have an intelligent conversation.

Dirt stupid lumps of shit, all of you.

Why do you dembots think you can simply ignore court’s rulings?

 

[struth]

An entire book about how Dems have to judge shop to get the results they want.

Basically

 

[Dr. Phosphorous]

An entire book about how Dems have to judge shop to get the results they want.

Only because Judge Cannon is a MAGA piece of shit.

 

[yidnar]

No, shit-for-brains.

Biden cooperated with the FBI, that's why he wasn't charged. Trump was too ******* stupid to do that.

It is literally that simple....but too complicated for a hopeless MAGA simp like you to understand.


It's not off-topic. You shamelessly lie and you don't care about facts. I wish you would just get the **** out of my thread.

the difference is that Biden had no authority to have the documents he had since he was never POTUS ! its arguable that Trump had the authority ..

 

[Dr. Phosphorous]

Not time for a new deflection question.
No slam dunkk evident and no slam dunk ruling
Now click those heels boy/girl

Taking home classified documents and refusing to return them is an obvious crime, MAGA shit-for-brains.

 

[struth]

Only because Judge Cannon is a MAGA piece of shit.

The first thing fascist did in Germany was undermine the courts

Not surprised to see you doing that here

 

[Dr. Phosphorous]

the difference is that Biden had no authority to have the documents he had since he was never POTUS ! its arguable that Trump had the authority ..

Trump had no authority, dumb ****....especially since he was no longer president.

No one is allowed to keep classified documents at home. God damn, you're stupid.

 

[WEATHER53]

Taking home classified documents and refusing to return them is an obvious crime, MAGA shit-for-brains.

Well you just gotta get a court to see it that way instead of pissing all over yourself maintaining that it is.