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.

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    8 hours ago

    In many jurisdictions, courts will allow prosecutors to “remedy” slipups to some degree by delaying the trial date

    How does that not immediately result in dismissal every single time, due to violating the defendant’s right to a speedy trial?