Former President Donald Trump notched a legal win after a deadline in the appeal of his Florida case dismissal was moved until October, The Hill reported. This means that the court's decision will likely come after the next president's inauguration.
Trump had been charged with 40 counts for mishandling classified information recovered from his Florida residence. The charges involved accusations of obstruction of justice and violating the Espionage Act.
However, U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the charges after finding that special counsel Jack Smith, who brought the charges, was improperly appointed. However, Smith petitioned the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals for a review.
In his appeal, Smith claimed that Attorney General Merrick Garland lawfully appointed him contrary to Cannon's decision. The court approved delaying the deadline from Sept. 25 to Oct. 25, which will push the resolution of the case into next year.
Trump's lawyers argued for the delay because he's busy with other cases. "President Trump and his counsel are presently engaged in motion practice in a separate case…which will require counsel to spend time in a sensitive compartmented information facility (“SCIF”) in Washington, D.C. in the coming weeks to meet that court’s briefing schedule," the legal filing noted.
After announcing he was running for president for a second term, Trump suddenly became the subject of several criminal probes. In all, he has been subject to four criminal indictments, CBS News reported.
The first that went to trial was the New York hush-money case. Despite the dubious nature of the charges and supposed evidence, a New York jury found Trump guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records.
However, prosecutors in the other cases haven't been able to finagle such an outcome. Trump's federal election interference case has been postponed indefinitely after the Supreme Court granted Trump's claim of presidential immunity.
Another election interference in Georgia is also on hold after the judge concluded that some charges belonged to the federal court. It seems the very thing leftists thought would trip Trump up has become his best defense for moving the deadline in the appeal.
After his enemies spent the last two years throwing obstacles in Trump's way, the former president seems to be taking it all in his stride. He's survived four criminal probes and two assassination attempts, but he just keeps moving ahead.
The next several weeks will be the true test of his resolve and the left's ability to knock Trump off kilter with their antics. So far, Trump continues to poll strongly against Vice President Kamala Harris as both are locked in a statistical tie, Fox News reported.
This is after the judicial machine spent years going after Trump. It's after the establishment media, Hollywood, the music industry, and just about every other institution has thrown full support behind Harris.
Shockingly, there are signs that a seismic shift may be hiding under the surface of these pollsters' reports. Virginia has long been a Democratic stronghold, but now the New York Post shared that it is locked in a statistical dead heat and will become a battleground state for the two despite going for President Joe Biden by 10 points in 2020.
Trump is a unique figure in American history. He has survived many attacks, literally and figuratively, and now has gained yet another legal win that will keep him moving toward the White House.
