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TCinLA, kudos for the laser-fast posting of Judge (sic) Cannon's Order on the PRA defense (not).

I will pass for now the obvious weasel words & go straight to Cannon's FALSE recitation of Special Counsel, Jack Smith's positions on how & when modifications of jury instructions are handled under settled Circuit law.

Cannon: " ... to the extent Special Counsel demands [ Jack did not do so] an anticipatory finalization of jury instructions prior to the presentation of defenses of trial defenses [ Jack did not do so - Cannon committed this fatal error ] & evidence [that was Cannon again ] the Court declines ... " blah, blah, blah ... further BS.

Settled Circuit Law: " A Defendant is entitled to have the theory of the defense" now some emphasis added "As long as it has SOME BASIS in the EVIDENCE & has LEGAL support". USA vs David Grigsby (1997). Neither Trump nor Cannon have any law much less evidence. This ia an Espionage Act case not a PRA case bozo.

Other Circuit cases are in accord: USA vs Morris (1994) & USA vs Orr (1987) & many cases cited therein.

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