Nevermind that the crimes alleged in the Florida documents case all occurred after Donald Trump was out of office, regarding retaining documents, obstructing justice and lying to federal officials after he left office. He’s not charged with taking the documents; he’s charged with plotting to keep them after the government demanded them back. Trump’s lawyers claim the Supreme Court’s recent decision about presidential immunity will make the Florida documents case moot.
“The Court should stay all other proceedings in the case, except the pending gag-order motion, until the motions relating to Presidential immunity and the Appointments and Appropriations Clauses are resolved,” Trump’s lawyers argue in his latest filing.
If Clarence Thomas has his way, Aileen Cannon won’t have to do anything more to delay the Florida case; Clarence will have it tossed by voiding the Special Counsel’s authority.