• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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      My thought was Cannon wants out because trump just asked her to do something very illegal.

      Maybe made one of those amazingly perfect phone calls, and this would pass the buck.

      Naw. You’re probably spot on

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      I don’t think it’s about dismissal, although that tool is on the table. It’a about delay. It’s in Trump’s best interest for this trial to take as long as possible, and she is finding any excuse to deliver.

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      Because it may be. She’s already shown disturbing noblesse oblige towards Trump. This would fit into that MO.

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        Just fyi, noblesse oblige is the idea that people in a position of privilege are responsible to some degree for taking care of those who are less fortunate. Fealty is a vassals sworn loyalty to someone in a higher position.

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          Fair point. I was thinking of “noblesse oblige” as “moral obligation of those of… powerful social position… to act with… generosity” whether warranted or not. But fealty works in this case as well.