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Jack Smith is quickly “running out of runway”—a witty observation courtesy of Professor Turley. Lately, Smith finds himself repeatedly taking hits in the legal groin area. The first setback for Smith came when the Supreme Court decided to take up Trump’s “immunity case.” This move will probably extend the so-called “election interference” case well past the 2024 election. Bad, bad news for Jack.

Fox News:

Liberal media pundits and Democrats unloaded on the Supreme Court this week after it agreed to review whether former President Trump had immunity in the election interference case and one even described the decision as “supreme arrogance.”

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review whether Trump has immunity from prosecution in the Special Counsel’s federal election interference case.

The justices have fast-tracked the appeal and will hear oral arguments in late April, with a ruling on the merits expected by late June. Trump’s criminal trial has been put on hold pending resolution of the matter. Arguments will begin the week of April 22.

Turley pointed out that this essentially cuts Jack Smith’s runway so short that he won’t even manage to “lift off.”

Daily Caller:

George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said Wednesday the Supreme Court gave former President Donald Trump a “real victory” by taking up the case of his presidential immunity.

The Supreme Court announced Wednesday it would take the case after Trump applied for a stay of an appeals court ruling that rejected his arguments that he had immunity from prosecution. Trump’s attorneys accused special counsel Jack Smith of having “a political motive” to try the case before the 2024 presidential election.

“The real victory here for Trump deals with the calendar,” Turley told “Special Report” host Bret Baier. “You know, the overriding push of Smith, the special counsel, has been to get a trial before the election. He is running out of runway. If this opinion doesn’t come out until June, perhaps, you have to remember that even if Smith wins, the mandate goes back to the district court, which has to handle all the pre-trial motions. That could take months.”

The Supreme Court set oral arguments for the week of April 22, around the time the court will hear arguments about the application of a charge the Justice Department has used against many of those arrested and charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol building. Smith secured a four-count indictment against Trump in August related to the former president’s efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 election.

Jack’s main hope hinges on securing a conviction before the 2024 election, but it seems he’s run straight into a massive MAGA roadblock. And that’s not the end of his troubles. He’s bracing for another significant setback in the Trump classified documents case, particularly with a judge calling him out over the “death threats” he’s been citing without showing any solid proof. Investigative journalist Julie Kelly is on top of this recent twist, revealing how Jack’s efforts to redact and conceal certain individuals are unraveling fast. Be prepared for another left-wing head implosion in 3… 2… 1…

Here’s what Julie had to say on X:

Afternoon hearing in classified docs case in FLA ended around 3pm. As expected, both sides clashed over unsealing redacted information–Trump wants swath of discovery unsealed, Jack Smith does not–with Judge Cannon pressing both sides for clarity.

Cannon is no nonsense, very low key, only got animated once or twice.

The biggest dispute was over the release of names of witnesses and their statements. Jack Smith’s team wants names and statements kept secret–prosecutor David Harbach claimed that witnesses are harassed, intimidated, and threatened “in any case where Donald Trump is a defendant.”

Cannon pushed back on that claim, arguing that it would be “unprecedented” to keep names of witnesses and their substantive statements under seal in court motions–particularly names and statements of government officials.

Cannon said she understood the need to protect the safety of witnesses but that it is “not possible to shield everyone from the internet.” She had asked for proof of legitimate threats to potential witnesses; Smith’s team came back with one example (they also tried to keep under seal) of a potential witness who received social media “threats” after the indictment was announced.

Useful to note Judge Cannon is the only official involved in any of the Trump cases that received death threats legit enough to land one woman in prison:

Witness lists are made public before trial–even Smith’s team acknowledged that reality. DOJ just resists making the list and statements public now.

At first, DOJ said it had 87 potential government witnesses (they also asked to file that list under seal months ago, Cannon said no.)

Now Smith’s team says it will call 40 witnesses and wants the names of 25 witnesses redacted.

Defense also wants Mar-a-Lago application and search warrant fully redacted.

Also some thornier and as Judge Cannon and Smith’s team acknowledged “complicated” 1A considerations in releasing discovery materials. There is a protective order in place as well (common practice) but Smith’s team sort of apologized at the beginning for over-relying on the protective order to keep filings under seal. “We could have done a better job. We are owning that,” Harbach said.

Recall that Jack Smith used the “witness intimidation” claim to seek a gag order preventing Trump from making public statements about “prospective witnesses” in the DC J6 case. Chutkan agreed but the DC appellate court tweaked that part of her gag order to only prevent Trump from making derogatory public comments about potential witnesses about the case.

My guess is Cannon agrees to redact a good chunk of the motion to compel and limits release of witness names/statements to government officials, past or present. Then we will really see Jack Smith’s head explode bc that is EXACTLY what he wants to conceal.

You can read more about Julie’s investigative work below:

‘Disturbing’ Collusion Between Biden White House and Trump Prosecutors

How is President Trump supposed to mount a credible defense if he’s kept in the dark about the evidence that’s supposedly “stacked against him?” This is the kind of strategy you see when there’s no solid case to begin with, just a desperate hope that something, anything, will stick. It’s yet more proof that we’re dealing with a regime behaving like North Korea, trying to sideline their more popular political rivals by any means necessary, including imprisonment. It’s mind-boggling to think this is actually happening in the United States of America, and it shows just how evil and dark our government has truly become.

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