The Daily Fuckup

Donald Trump’s lawyers asked the Eleventh Circuit on Sept. 17, 2024, for 30 more days to file their response in the government’s appeal of Judge Aileen Cannon’s dismissal of the classified-documents case. The request was a deadline extension, not a ruling, and it did not change the status of the appeal. ([washingtonpost.com](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/09/17/trump-cannon-appeal-delay-classified-documents/?utm_source=openai))

Cannon had dismissed the indictment on July 15, 2024, accepting the defense argument that the special counsel’s appointment was unlawful. The Justice Department appealed that ruling, putting the case before the appeals court rather than back on a trial track. ([washingtonpost.com](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/07/15/trump-classified-trial-dismisssed-cannon/?utm_source=openai))

The Sept. 17 filing was limited to timing. Trump’s side asked for extra time to submit its answer brief, and the government did not oppose the extension request, according to contemporaneous reporting. Nothing in the filing resolved the merits of Cannon’s dismissal or altered the underlying legal dispute. ([washingtonpost.com](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/09/17/trump-cannon-appeal-delay-classified-documents/?utm_source=openai))