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Trump Touts Intel Community He's Long Besmirched In Bid To Defend Jan. 6 Charges
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In the legal profession, this is called "greymailing," and it is an attempt to secure documents and evidence you shouldn't be able to access normally under the auspices of the discovery process.
Unless he can provide a specific and justifiable reason why he should be allowed access to government documents (big doubts), this almost never goes well for defendants.
It’s also exactly what “judge” cannon has been doing for dementia don in the stolen documents case
By "almost never goes well" do you mean they don't get what they want, or there are actual repercussions for trying to manipulate the system?
Because if there are no repercussions then it goes just fine
I can't speak to the consequences, but wikipedia has this to say:
the 'second tactic' is what trump is doing here- demanding access to classified documents to use in his defense. wiki notes that it worked for Oliver North and Kathrine Gun.
Wiki has this to say about the graymail law:
So, from Trump's perspective, at best, the judge is going to be forced to slog through intelligence that's nominally related. At worst, it pisses the judge off. Either way, it's a delay... and that's most of trump's legal strategy right there.
edit: ROFL. CIPA was sponsored by then-senator Biden... take that where you might.
He won't get what he wants. The only repercussions are annoying the judge.
Sorry if I gave you extra hope.
Then again, annoying the judge can lead to other "complications" during the trial.