Over the weekend, Judge Nachmanoff made it clear that a large amount of discovery material is to be delivered to James Comey today. The prosecution team from North Carolina seem to be engaging in a series of stall tactics to delay this.
The eastern district of Virginia is known informally as the “rocket docket” because of its fast resolution times for cases.
In many jurisdictions, courts will allow prosecutors to “remedy” slipups to some degree by delaying the trial date, allowing the defense the same time they would have had to prepare, or at least an adequate time.
It definitely seems like that is not going to happen in this district.
There’s a bunch of complicated case law about missed disclosures and late disclosures.
How does that not immediately result in dismissal every single time, due to violating the defendant’s right to a speedy trial?