“To be clear, in the event that the Court does not dismiss this politically motivated election interference mission by the Special Counsel’s Office and the Biden Administration—and the defendants will submit multiple compelling bases for doing so in connection with, inter alia, pretrial motions due on February 22, 2024—President Trump does not dispute that a questionnaire may be appropriate to facilitate jury selection in connection with a trial where the defendants will exonerate themselves. But that is manifestly not what this motion is about. Apparently believing that the case is governed by baseball rules, the Office has taken another swing at maintaining a trial date that was set based on the Office’s misrepresentations regarding the timing and nature of discovery. The Court rejected the Office’s first attempt. … In this motion, based on its claimed ‘experience and research’ and ignoring the Court’s prior use of the phrase ‘all other pre-trial deadlines,’ the Office arrogantly purports to educate the Court about the logistics of jury selection in Your Honor’s District as a pretext for rushing toward an unjust trial. This motion is every bit as much a whiff, and therefore strike two.”

And with that, Donald Trump’s lawyers attempt to express their undying outrage at the temerity of Jack Smith’s office to urge the Court to continue with jury selection.  Curiously, in a motion, arguing how deadlines don’t need to be met, Trump’s lawyers cite a date they expect to meet for pretrial motions.  Y’know, like they know they’re going to lose the motion.