The government response to Trumps motion was due today at 5 pm.
Here’s a PDF file the full filing.
Quick summary, mostly in English. :-)
According to Roger Parloff, who is part of Lawfare:
Govt says there’s no automatic stay during appeal of Chutkan’s immunity ruling in USA v Trump (DC). She can “make headway” on all other motions, keep March trial date, govt says.
Paging the Balloon Juice attorneys:
Albatrossity
Making sense of Trump’s lawyer’s arguments must be irritating to a good lawyer like Smith and his team. But it’s all in a day’s work for them, I suppose.
Alison Rose
I’d like to think that when Smith first read the motion, he grumbled out loud, “That’s not how Griggs works, you dumb motherfucker.”
HinTN
@Albatrossity: Yes, and @Alison Rose: yes. It must be vexatious hard not to succumb to drinking heavily when dealing with the orange fartcloud (and his minions’ machinations).
Betty
@Alison Rose: If not Smith, then whoever was tasked with drafting the reply, due on a Sunday, no less.
WaterGirl
@Betty: I love that Judge Chutkan makes them work on weekends.
She wants this trial to move forward. I am thankful every day to have competent judges like CHUTKAN and McAffee (not sure how many Fs are in there).
Alison Rose
@WaterGirl: No rest for the weary!
WaterGirl
@Alison Rose: I might have gone with fucking arrogant asshole, but dumb motherfucker also works.
Starfish
Does someone have a direct link to the Lawfare piece? My computer just died, and this format is not working out for me.
Scout211
@WaterGirl:
Chutkan
McAfee
/pedant 😉
Omnes Omnibus
“Hey, fuckface, the judge can’t do anything about the stuff you appealed about because you appealed about it. So this motion was pointless wrt that. As far as the other stuff goes, just no. You’re trying to waste time. BTW, the judge ain’t fooled. Now fuck off.”
WaterGirl
@Starfish: The Roger Parloff comment was on twitter.
Another Scott
@Starfish: I don’t see anything on Lawfare itself yet.
Here’s Roger Parloff’s post on Nitter.net.
HTH a little.
Cheers,
Scott.
WaterGirl
Alison Rose
@WaterGirl: There are endless words for him!
wjca
And pretty much all of them better than he deserves. Sometimes, a language just doesn’t have an adequate word.
Frankensteinbeck
As I recall, the appeals court has already signaled they are not going to help Trump play his delay games.
WaterGirl
@Frankensteinbeck: That’s the legal commentary I was hearing, also.
Jackie
Wrong thread
brantl
@wjca: I’m thinking ultra-fuck gets pretty close.