The Era of rivalry, Biden vs. Trump and their respective parties

The DOJ is closing in on Trump, and his lawyers wanted to know more about what the DOJ had on him.

CNN reports, "Lawyers for former President Donald Trump met with Justice Department officials on Monday following a public request for a meeting about what they characterize as prosecutorial misconduct, according to sources familiar with the matter.

"The meeting, which lasted an estimated 90 minutes, comes as the special counsel’s investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents and possible obstruction appears to be nearing its final stages. Trump’s attorneys did not comment to reporters after leaving.

"The meeting was led by the Justice Department’s top career official, who works under Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco. Neither Monaco nor Attorney General Merrick Garland attended.

"Special counsel Jack Smith, who is handling the DOJ’s documents and obstruction probe into the former president, met with Trump’s lawyers at the Justice Department on Monday, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. Smith was appointed by Garland last year and is operating independently.

"A grand jury is expected to hear testimony this week from another witness in the classified documents probe at a federal courthouse in southern Florida, which is where the search warrant for Mar-a-Lago was approved, according to one source.

"In requesting the meeting last month, Trump attorneys John Rowley and James Trusty wrote in a letter to Garland posted on Trump’s social media platform that “no President of the United States has ever, in the history of our country, been baselessly investigated in such an outrageous and unlawful fashion.”

That is an interesting statement. No President of the United States has ever, in the history of our country, stolen hundreds of pages of classified documents after leaving office. Are Trump's lawyers arguing that Trump did not bring classified documents with him when he left office?

Trump has admitted to bringing the classified documents with him to Mar-a-Lago. He has said they are his. To a large television audience recently, Trump said he had a perfect right to do so.

"I can do what I want," Trump told the millions of viewers.

 

Right now I don’t give an owl’s hoot about Trump or Biden. I really dislike Trump the man, the individual with his childish antics and schoolyard bullying tactics. I’m totally dissatisfied with the job Biden has done, besides I voted for Biden to get rid of Trump. Biden was supposed to be just a transition president who smiled and acted presidential. Someone between Trump and whoever comes next. Not become a lacky for the progressive wing or to seek reelection.


As for their rivalry, let the least worse one of them win. Which one that is, you choose, I won’t.

 

Why?

 

It's tough being a lawyer for Trump. Trump has this nasty habit of opening his big mouth and admitting guilt.

KTVZ reports, "An employee at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence drained the resort’s swimming pool last October and ended up flooding a room where computer servers containing surveillance video logs were kept, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Note: Also in October, DOJ prosecutors told Trump's lawyers to preserve all video tapes.

"While it’s unclear if the room was intentionally flooded or if it happened by mistake, the incident occurred amid a series of events that federal prosecutors found suspicious.

"The maintenance man who drained the pool has been asked by prosecutors about the flooded server room as part of the federal investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents, according to one of the sources.

"The incident, which has not been previously reported, came roughly two months after the FBI retrieved hundreds of classified documents from the Florida residence and as prosecutors obtained surveillance footage to track how White House records were moved around the resort. Prosecutors have been examining any effort to obstruct the Justice Department’s investigation after Trump received a subpoena in May 2022 for classified documents."

The DOJ is keeping all evidence of wrongdoing very close to the vest.

 

Basically, because I thought he was a moderate Democrat. That is what his senate career showed. Not one of the off the deep end progressives. My idea of a moderate Democrat is like Joe Manchin. Biden was to be just a transition president, someone to get rid of Trump. Not to run again. In fact, looking forward to 2024, 58% of all Americans don’t want Biden to run again, 56% don’t want Trump to run again. Questions 20 and 21.


https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/m7mcfid4y8/econTabReport.pdf


If you look at Biden’s overall job approval rating, doing what most swing voters thought he should, smile and act presidential for his first six months, he was at 55%. Then Biden turned into a progressive, his overall job approval dropped down into the low 40’s. That was unexpected from someone only suppose to be a transition president. Check out the graph and you’ll see what I mean.


https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president-biden-job-approval-7320.html


2024 has the feel of another 2016 to me. As far as swing voters are concerned. 2016 was another election when both major party candidates were disliked and not wanted.


https://news.gallup.com/opinion/pol...mericans-dislike-presidential-candidates.aspx


2020 was different, Biden was like and wanted, swing voters wanted Trump gone. Now it seems we’re faced with another election between two disliked for different reasons for sure, but both unwanted to be the next president by most Americans.

 

The Times reports, "Mark Meadows, the final White House chief of staff under President Donald J. Trump and a potentially key figure in inquiries related to Mr. Trump, has testified before a federal grand jury hearing evidence in the investigations being led by the special counsel’s office, according to two people briefed on the matter.

"Mr. Meadows is a figure in both of the two distinct lines of inquiry being pursued by the special counsel appointed to oversee the Justice Department’s scrutiny of Mr. Trump, Jack Smith.

"One inquiry is focused on Mr. Trump’s efforts to cling to power after losing the 2020 election, culminating in the attack by a pro-Trump mob on the Capitol during congressional certification of the Electoral College results on Jan. 6, 2021. The other is an investigation into Mr. Trump’s handling of hundreds of classified documents after he left office and whether he obstructed efforts to retrieve them.

"Mr. Meadows was around for pivotal moments leading up to and after the 2020 election, as Mr. Trump plotted to try to stay in office and thwart Joseph R. Biden Jr. from being sworn in to succeed him. Some of them were described in hundreds of text messages that Mr. Meadows turned over to the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol before he decided to stop cooperating. Those texts served as a road map for House investigators."

 

Do you realize what you wrote? More accurately, do you realize what you didn't write? Like many Americans, most of them Republicans, you say you don't like Biden, but you can't explain why.

You failed to mention any wrongdoing on the part of our President!

First you say what you thought of him. Biden is hardly responsible for what you thought.

Then you bring up his approval rating. Biden is hardly responsible for his woebegone approval rating by misinformed Americans, most of them Republicans with another agenda.

Then you say he turned into a progressive, and you didn't like that. You are wrong. Progressives ripped him a new ******* for the deal he made to prevent default. The progressive wing of the Democratic Party tolerates Biden who is most definitely not a progressive.

You like Manchin. Manchin acts more like a Republican than a Democrat because he is from a very red state.

The polls say Biden is disliked, but no one, including you, can explain why. I noticed you didn't have any help explaining your opposition to Biden. That says something.

The Biden economy is booming. Sure, there is inflation, but that is a byproduct of prosperity, full employment and robust spending. Those who criticize the inflation want a recession. Prices go down during a recession caused by falling employment and, consequently, less spending.

All this contrasts sharply with the President Republicans chose. Trump's domestic and foreign policies were a disaster, which accounts for his loss to Biden to the tune of seven million votes. As President, he led an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021. When he left office, he stole hundreds of pages of classified documents. Trump has been criminally indicted. He faces possible criminal indictments by the DOJ and Georgia.

And you and others complain about Biden! That's surreal!

 

The AP reports, "A major dam in southern Ukraine collapsed Tuesday, flooding villages, endangering crops and threatening drinking water supplies as both sides in the war scrambled to evacuate residents and blamed each other for the destruction.

"Ukraine accused Russian forces of blowing up the Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power station, which sits on the Dnieper River in an area Moscow has controlled for more than a year. Russian officials blamed Ukrainian bombardment in the contested area, where the river separates the two sides.

"Russian and Ukrainian officials used terms like “ecological disaster” and “terrorist act” to describe the torrent of water gushing through the broken dam and beginning to empty an upstream reservoir that is one of the world’s largest.

 

A majority of Americans do complain about Biden, a majority also complains about Trump. What we have is basically only Democrats along with a few independents liking Biden, only Republicans along with a few independents liking Trump. The great divide isn’t just Republicans vs. Democrats or conservatives vs. liberals. There’s three factions, Republicans, Democrats and the non-affiliated, less to non-partisans better known as independents. 85% of Democrats view Biden favorable or positive, 14% unfavorable. 31% of independents have a favorable view of Biden, 60% negative or unfavorable along with 11% of Republicans viewing Biden favorably, 90% unfavorably. Trump is viewed positive or favorable by 78% of Republicans,31% unfavorable. 36% of independents have a favorable view of Trump, 56% unfavorable along with 13% of Democrats viewing Trump favorable or positive, 86% unfavorable or negatively.


https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/m7mcfid4y8/econTabReport.pdf


You can plainly see the three factions, Democrats liking Biden, disliking Trump, Independents disliking both while Republicans like Trump, not Biden. The question is who will independents vote for if it is a rematch, Trump or Biden or neither one. Neither one is a valid option, that is voting third party as 12% of independents did in 2016, voting against both Clinton and Trump or staying home and not voting at all which a lot of independents did in 2016 when they disliked both major party candidates. Time will tell. But as of today, this election is a tossup.


https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2024/president/us/general-election-trump-vs-biden-7383.html

 

This is the strangest article I have ever read.

Only in Texas. They are not very bright in Texas.

"A Texas sheriff’s office has recommended criminal charges over flights that the Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, arranged to deport 49 South American migrants from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard, in Massachusetts, last year."

Criminal charges against who? The sheriff didn't say.
"In a statement on Monday, the Bexar county sheriff’s office said it had filed a criminal case with the local district attorney over the flight. The Bexar county sheriff, Javier Salazar, has previously said the migrants were “lured under false pretenses” into traveling to Martha’s Vineyard, a wealthy liberal town."

Filed a criminal case against who? Once again, Sheriff Salazar didn't say. This is really weird.

Here is the article in question. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...rants-flight-marthas-vineyard-charges-sheriff

For the life of me, I can't figure out who the sheriff is charging. Weird.

 

You have got to be a Republican. You made a statement you can't support. "I’m totally dissatisfied with the job Biden has done."

When questioned about what you said, you were unable to explain what Biden has done wrong.

So, like a Republican, you changed the subject.

 

I, along with many other swing voters voted for Biden in 2020 just to get rid of Trump. Not that we wanted Biden to win, any other name would have done. We just for Trump to lose. Biden was to be a transition president, someone between Trump and who ever came next. We didn’t expect Biden to do anything but smile and act presidential. Not to become some lacky for the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Of course, most swing voters dislike both major parties or they wouldn’t be swing voters or independents.


You could say like Trump, Biden just rubbed me the wrong way when he kowtowed to the progressives. I expected the more moderate democrat that Biden was as a senator. A president more in the Joe Manchin mode than in the Bernnie Sanders mode. If you look at the graph, you’ll see when Biden wasn’t pushing a progressive agenda, his overall job approval was roughly at 55% on average. His first six months. Then he became a progressive in the Sanders, Warren, AOC mode, he dropped quickly down into the low 40’s, at times below 40.


https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president-biden-job-approval-7320.html


Trump, I really dislike his obnoxious, rude, uncouth persona. His childish antics like name calling and throwing temper tantrums like a spoiled 4-year-old brat, his 3rd grade schoolyard bullying tactic. I dislike Trump the man, the individual, the person. With Biden, I like him as a person, but think his new brand of politics suck. Time for this transition president to go.


I suppose one could call me an anti-voter. Those who vote against a candidate, but never for any candidate. Those who vote for a candidate to lose, but not any candidate to win. We make up around 25% of all those who vote. 24% in 2020 to be exact according to CNN exit polling. In 2020 Biden won the anti-voters 68-30 over Trump. Voters who voted against Trump, but not for Biden. It worked, we anti-voters defeated Trump and put Biden into the white house.


https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/exit-polls/president/national-results


2024, I’ll vote third party, against both Biden and Trump if the rematch occurs. Much like I did in 2016, voted against both Clinton and Trump by casting a ballot for a third-party candidate. In 2016, Trump won the anti-voters and the white house. I’ll never vote for Trump, but that doesn’t mean I will automatically vote democratic either. I do have a habit of voting third party against both when I dislike and don’t want neither major party candidate to win. When I want both to lose.


Partisans, avid, loyal Republicans, Democrats, hard core major party members can’t understand us. They expect us, anti-voters, swing voters, independents to behave like mindless robots like loyal partisan party members do and automatically without question vote for their candidates. Won’t happen with me or most other swing voters.

 

Your problem is you look at elections as bidimensional, when in reality they’re 3 or 4 or 5 dimensions. I’ll stick with 3 dimensions to keep this simple. You have one dimension who want candidate A to win, another dimension who want candidate B to win, then the 3rd dimension who vote for a candidate to lose, not caring who wins as long as it isn’t the candidate they voted against. Any other name on the ballot would do nicely.


Using 2020 as an example, 71% of the voters voted for a candidate they wanted to win, Trump won these voters 53-46 over Biden. Rounding off, roughly 114 million voters. Of those 60.4 million voted for Trump as they wanted him as their next president, to win. 52.5 million voted for Biden as they wanted him as their next president, to win. Then we have the anti-voters, who didn’t vote for anyone to win, just a candidate to lose. Who won was irrelevant as long as the candidate they wanted to lose, lost! 24% of those who voted fell into this category, Biden won the anti-voters 68-30 over Trump. 39 million voters fell into this category. 26.5 million voted against Trump, giving Biden a total of 79 million votes. 11.7 million voted against Biden, not really for Trump, but against Biden giving Trump a total of 72 million votes or roughly, rounding off equals the 7 million votes Trump lost by.


Now both the votes for a candidate, votes against a candidate or anti-voters all count for both candidates. Hence Biden’s 7 million vote margin in 2020. The above numbers are rounded off, so they won’t add up to the exact numbers. This little exercise shows the importance of anti-voters. Clinton won those who voted for the candidate they wanted to win and become the next president in 2016, but Trump won the anti-voters and by winning those anti-voters became president. The tables were reversed in 2020 with Trump winning those who voted for the candidate they wanted to win and become the next president while Biden won the anti-vote, Biden won the presidency.


https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/exit-polls/president/national-results


3 dimensions, not 2 as most Republicans and Democrats look at elections. There’s a 4th and a 5th, but I won’t get into them. I think the above explains why Biden is stuck at 40% overall job approval, why 58% of all Americans don’t want him to run for the presidency again, why Biden is viewed by only 41% of all Americans as favorably along with a lot of other stats, figures and numbers. Why if matched up against Trump again in 2024, it’s 50-50. Neither one is wanted to be the next president by most Americans. But most Americans don’t decide who will be the candidates, Republicans and Democrats do. If it is a Biden vs. Trump rematch, that shows both major parties don’t give an owl’s hoot about what most Americans think, want or wish for. Something to think about.

 

How has Biden "kowtowed to the progressives?"

You haven't explained that, either. Keep in mind that during the Trump administration, without a war, Republicans added $7.8 trillion to the National Debt. Who acts like progressive spending nuts?

Republicans have this nasty habit of making accusations they do not explain, much like your statement. Republicans have this lunatic idea \that just making the accusation is sufficient.

Of course, for the Republican base, just making an accusation is sufficient. They don't want to be confused by reality.

You seem to have made it clear there is no explanation for your hostility toward Biden. We know this because you haven't offered any.

 

You are trying very hard to change the subject.

Republicans do that when they can't explain what they said. It happens a lot.

 

You don't get it. It's time to move on from Biden. He's accomplished his mission, he defeated Trump. Time for someone new. It's really that simple. Run Biden again, chances are you'll lose the white house. It's all there in the numbers. Plain as day or the nose on your face.

 

Stick with Biden at your own peril. It’s your choice, not mine. You know the numbers, 58% don’t want Biden to run again. For your information that is a majority of Americans. Wake up or the chances are or should I say you’re giving Trump a 50-50 shot at regaining the presidency by running Biden again. Are all democrats deaf and dumb to what most Americans are thinking, wanting or wishing for. Or is it, democrats just want to ignore all of America. I’m a swing voter, I have no stake in the upcoming election. I own nothing, the two major parties own the horses, not swing voters, not independents.


Go ahead and run Biden, if he loses which is very possible, the democrats will have no one else to blame but themselves if Trump or some other republicans enters the white house. You’ve been warned.

 

I agree. I never said I support Biden's run again.

But this isn't about me. It is about you and your comment mentioned above. You complete failed to explain why you were dissatisfied with Biden's job performance.

It is about you and your inability to explain what you said and then changing the subject.

You may not be a Republican, but you certainly act like one.

 

I’ve been called many things by many people. Left, right, republican, democrat, Trumper, Never Trumper, etc. etc. etc. But I go by the numbers and report on the numbers. I dislike or don’t want Biden running again mainly because I consider him the worst candidate the Democrats can put up in 2024. The numbers prove that.When 58% of all America and 64% of independents are saying don’t run Joe, I think the Democratic Party and Biden himself should be listening unless they want to lose. I want someone else, plain and simple. I like old Joe as a person, I thought he was the best candidate available to beat Trump in 2020. But since then, things have changed, now I think he’s the worst candidate the Democrats can run again. I don’t like Biden as a presidential candidate for 2024. Nothing against Biden personally, I don’t think he’s the right candidate or close to being the right candidate to beat Trump or any other republican candidate in 2024.


I didn’t mean I dislike Biden as a person, far from that. Policy wise, I’d prefer the old senator Joe Biden, but the Democratic Party has changed since he was a senator, perhaps that was too much to expect. It is what it is.

 

Trump's indictment is imminent. That is to say, his second indictment, and his third, and still a fourth emanating from Georgia. Trump calls it a witch hunt and his uninformed fans believe him. Hell, they believe anything he says.

Trump is the leader of the Republican Party, the leading Republican candidate for the Presidency, and his fans do not talk about him. They lack the ability to discuss intelligently today's issues ... as proven by this thread.

CNN reports, "Special counsel Jack Smith, who is investigating former President Donald Trump for potentially mishandling classified documents, is using a second grand jury in Miami to gather new evidence.

"The development comes after a period of escalating activity in the federal criminal probe, which has focused around Trump having dozens of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort after he left the White House.

"Up until this point, Smith has been using a federal grand jury in Washington, DC, but the panel hasn’t been observed meeting since early May. He appeared to be reaching the final stages of his probe and is weighing possible indictments. (Trump denies all wrongdoing and says the probe is political.)

"Smith is investigating Trump’s handling of national security records at his Mar-a-Lago resort and elsewhere. His team is trying to determine if Trump or his aides committed crimes by keeping the documents after his presidency. Those were sensitive government documents that Trump had no legal right to hold onto.

"Prosecutors are also investigating whether Trump or his allies obstructed the investigation.

"It’s common for ex-presidents to accidentally keep some classified documents when they move out of the White House.

"Notably, President Joe Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence both found classified papers at their homes, from their time as vice president (the papers were returned immediately after Biden and Pence became aware of them). But Trump’s case appears to be far more serious, because of the sheer volume of classified records involved, and because of his repeated efforts to stymie federal officials."

 

The Times reports, "A federal grand jury in Miami continued hearing from witnesses on Wednesday in the investigation into former President Donald J. Trump’s possession of hundreds of classified documents as tensions ran high among his aides that charges might soon be filed against him.

"Among those who appeared for questions before the grand jury was Taylor Budowich, a former spokesman to Mr. Trump who now is a top adviser at the super PAC supporting Mr. Trump’s presidential candidacy.

"A few hours after Mr. Budowich left the grand jury, the conservative writer John Solomon published an article claiming that federal prosecutors had notified the former president that he was a target of their investigation and was likely to be indicted “imminently.” Mr. Solomon also serves as one of Mr. Trump’s representatives to the National Archives.

"Mr. Trump said it was “not true” that he had been told he would be indicted. But when asked by The New York Times if he had been told he was a target of a federal investigation, Mr. Trump did not respond directly, saying “you have to understand” that he is not in direct touch with prosecutors. He repeated that “it’s not true” that he was told he would be indicted."

Of course, Trump is the victim here ... according to Trump.

Trump posted a message denying Solomon’s claim on his social media platform. Get ready, this is funny.

“No one has told me I’m being indicted,” Trump wrote, “and I shouldn’t be because I’ve done NOTHING wrong, but I have assumed for years that I am a Target of the WEAPONIZED DOJ & FBI.”

Can you believe it? This guy is the leading Republican candidate for President. No wonder his fans remain silent.

 

ABC reports, "Former President Donald Trump received a letter from special counsel Jack Smith's office in recent weeks informing him that he is the target of an ongoing investigation related to his handling of classified information while out of office, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News.

"The point of the target letter is to put the subject on notice that they are facing the prospect of indictment."

 

There is a huge problem with Trump's base. You wonder why, in the face of all of Trump's legal problems, he has so much support from grassroots Republicans,

It's simple. They don't know the truth concerning Trump, and they don't want to know.

Then there is this.

"President Trump famously declared during his 2016 campaign that he loved the “poorly educated” because voters with lower levels of schooling delivered an overwhelming share of votes to him," the conservative Washington Times.

Most recently, Trump told CNN at a town hall that materials were “automatically declassified” when he took them.

Trump's fans do not know he said that.

Trump told Fox News that he could declassify things “just by thinking about it.”

Trump's fans do not know he said that.

A key former White House official was interviewed earlier this year by special counsel prosecutors investigating the handling of classified materials by both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden. The official was in charge of advising the Trump and Obama administrations on the declassification process, The official said he told federal prosecutors that Trump knew the proper process for declassifying documents.

Of course, Trump's fans don't know that. The former White House official's statements are way above their heads.

Why is it that Trump's supporters do not know the simplest elements of the news?

Because they regard respected news sources -- ABC, CBS, NBC, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and others -- as "fake news." They certainly won't "waste" their time on "fake news."

That is what Trump calls responsible news media, and that is good enough for them. In fact, they believe everything Trump tells them. That is why so many of Trump's comments are ludicrously funny. He is talking to his base (see comment above by the Washington Times).

Want proof? This thread is sometimes critical of the former President.

Despite many pleas to become involved by yours truly, grassroots Republicans avoid this thread entirely.

The shame of it is, they won't see this report. They might learn something. They might learn that what they are doing to further the gains of a man who has no respect for our Constitution is so wrong. They need to relearn what it means to be an American.

 

ABC reports, "The federal indictment of Donald Trump, confirmed Thursday, marks an unprecedented development in the country's history -- the first time a former president has been charged by the Department of Justice and the second time a former commander in chief has ever faced criminal charges.

"Trump's second indictment follows his indictment by a New York City grand jury in March over money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential bid, in order to stop Daniels from going public about what she claimed was an affair with Trump, which he denied.

"Historians say that not since Richard Nixon had there been the real prospect of a commander-in-chief being formally accused of a crime, though Nixon avoided that fate after being pardoned by successor Gerald Ford.

"The federal indictment stems from a DOJ special counsel's investigation into Trump's handling of classified information while out of office,

"Trump has been charged with 37 counts: 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information; one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice; one count of withholding a document or record; one count of corruptly concealing a document or record; one count of concealing a document in a federal investigation; one count of scheme to conceal; and one count of false statements and representations."

 

Why is one of the newest judges in the federal district court been assigned to this historical, precedent setting court proceeding?
In addition, this young judge has already shown a positive bias toward the accused. He appointed her.

ABC reports, "The summons sent to former President Donald Trump and his legal team late Thursday indicates that U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon will be assigned to oversee his case, at least initially, according to sources briefed on the matter.

"Cannon's apparent assignment would add yet another unprecedented wrinkle to a case involving the first federal charges against a former president: Trump appointed Cannon to the federal bench in 2020, meaning that, if Trump is ultimately convicted, she would be responsible for determining the sentence – which may include prison time – for the man who elevated her to the role.

"Cannon is no stranger to the case. The 42-year-old judge appointed a "special master" last year to review those materials seized from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. Legal experts accused Cannon of handing Trump a series of head-scratching victories over the course of those proceedings.

"In one instance, Cannon restricted the FBI from using the seized classified documents as part of their ongoing probe until she completed her review. Cannon's order was ultimately thrown out in its entirety by (the conservative) 11th Circuit Court of Appeals panel, which found she overstepped in exercising her jurisdiction in the probe.

"Apart from her own previous involvement in the investigation of Trump, Cannon's assignment would put her at the center of one of what is likely to be one of the most consequential and scrutinized criminal cases in American history.

"Her rulings on everything from procedural motions to Trump's planned efforts to have the case thrown out before trial will have vast implications for the course of the case leading into an election year where Trump currently holds the status of the Republican party's front runner.

"Judges in most federal cases are assigned at random. But the apparent nods to Cannon and Reinhart on the summons for Trump might actually reflect the fact that both have already played roles in the proceedings, experts said."

That said, in view of her previous highly prejudicial decisions which were overturned, I was surprised to find out she still had a job at the district court. Maybe she has matured a bit. Her earlier pro-Trump rulings were outrageous.