Keith Olbermann’s unhinged take on the judge in the Trump classified documents case showed again how the left continues to miss the irony in their own meltdowns.
The former MSNBC commentator was not pleased with Monday’s news that Florida-based Judge Aileen Cannon tossed the case against former President and current GOP nominee Donald Trump, finding in a ruling Monday that Special Counsel Jack Smith’s appointment violated the Constitution.
“In the end, it seems the Executive’s growing comfort in appointing ‘regulatory’ special counsels in the more recent era has followed an ad hoc pattern with little judicial scrutiny,” Cannon wrote in a 93-page opinion ruling that Smith, who was leading the prosecution of the case against Trump, was not lawfully appointed and thus, lacked the authority to bring the case at all.
This set off a wave of “expert” opinions weighing in on how the judge’s argument could be used to dismiss the Hunter Biden gun case as well.
Olbermann wanted nothing less than Cannon to be hauled off to jail for her decision.
“President Biden should take the SCOTUS cloaking mask of immunity and have Merrick Garland arrest Aileen Cannon. If they need to make up a charge, haul her in for impersonating a judge,” the leftwing commentator wrote on X.
President Biden should take the SCOTUS cloaking mask of immunity and have Merrick Garland arrest Aileen Cannon. If they need to make up a charge, haul her in for impersonating a judge.
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) July 15, 2024
Somehow the leftists who have spent eons raising the alarm over Trump’s threat to democracy continue to excuse their own behavior.
The stunning development with Cannon follows the U.S. Supreme Court ruling earlier this month on presidential immunity. And it comes on the heels of a history-making weekend as the former president became the target of a would-be assassin at his Pennsylvania rally.
The classified documents case centered on Trump’s alleged holding of sensitive national security documents at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida after he left the White House. He was also accused of obstructing government officials who tried to retrieve the documents in question.
“The Framers gave Congress a pivotal role in the appointment of principal and inferior officers. That role cannot be usurped by the Executive Branch or diffused elsewhere—whether in this case or in another case, whether in times of heightened national need or not,” Cannon wrote in her ruling Monday.
“In the case of inferior officers, that means that Congress is empowered to decide if it wishes to vest appointment power in a Head of Department, and indeed, Congress has proven itself quite capable of doing so in many other statutory contexts,” she added. “But it plainly did not do so here, despite the Special Counsel’s strained statutory readings.”
Olbermann’s call to have the judge arrested by Biden’s DOJ was met with expected derision on social media.
No, the President should not “make up a charge” to arrest a judge.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) July 15, 2024
Ah yes, nothing like saving democracy by imprisoning judges who rule against you.
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 15, 2024
Nothing says saving democracy like imprisoning judges on made-up charges because you don’t a like legally-sound decision.
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) July 15, 2024
I thought you claimed to support democracy. You’re a bitter, old man who’s always angry. Perhaps it’s time for you to take a break.
— Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy (parody) (@VivekRammaswamy) July 15, 2024
Yes, let’s “lower the temperature” and “defend democracy” by arresting judges we disagree with.
Get some help.
— IT Guy (@ITGuy1959) July 15, 2024
Actually Keith, it’s Jack Smith who needs to be hauled in for impersonating as special counsel.
— AG (@Yolo304741) July 15, 2024
Nothing says protecting democracy like “make up a charge”.
— Bad Snoopy (@badsnoopy__) July 15, 2024
Biden: Tone down the rhetoric.
Olbermann: Arrest Judge Cannon.
These people can’t change.
— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) July 15, 2024
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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