In an actual court filing, Trump’s team of lawyers thought it would be cute to quote Dr. Seuss.
It was a filing in response to Jack Smith’s request of the Supreme Court to fast track the consideration of Trump’s claim of immunity to prosecution for actions he took to overturn the 2020 election.
Trump’s attorneys said that signing off on Smith’s proposed schedule “would make President Trump’s opening brief due the day after Christmas. This proposed schedule would require attorneys and support staff to work round-the-clock through the holidays, inevitably disrupting family and travel plans. It is as if the Special Counsel ‘growled, with his Grinch fingers nervously drumming, “I must find some way to keep Christmas from coming. … But how?”'”
It was as if team Trump cared about working through Christmas.
It was as if team Trump didn’t work through Christmas in 2020, feverishly calling on his cult to come to Washington on January 6, where it would be wild.
As if he didn’t meet on December 18 with his lawyers, then Attorney General Billy Barr, along with his seditious advisors, to discuss an executive order to use the military to seize voting machines.
As if he himself — Mr. Trump — didn’t ask Vice President Mike Pence on Christmas Day itself to help overturn the election.
Or as if Melanie gave a F*** about Chreestmus stuff.
And so Jack Smith’s prosecutors filed a response, and they filed it up quick.
They suggested Trump’s attorneys had their math wrong, saying their filing would be due Dec. 23, not Dec. 26. “In any event, the public’s need for a speedy resolution of these important legal issues take precedence over personal scheduling issues,” prosecutors wrote.
And in a late ruling on Wednesday, the appeals court granted, without explanation, Jack Smith’s Christmas wish.
They ordered Trump’s team to file their brief in the case by Dec. 23, and gave Smith until Dec. 30 to respond. Trump will then have until Jan. 2 to file a response to that filing. Oral arguments will then be held at a later date.
