Judge Aileen Cannon is asking the Justice Department and Donald Trump co-defendant Walt Nauta to weigh in on the legality of special counsel Jack Smith’s ongoing grand jury activity in Washington, DC, which relates to the obstruction portion of the Mar-a-Lago documents case before her in Florida.
Because it may be. She’s already shown disturbing noblesse oblige towards Trump. This would fit into that MO.
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.
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.