With the jury trial on August 28th approaching, last month Richard Maike moved to have the case declared complex and the trial delayed.

Maike’s motion was filed with his wife Angela, Doyce Barnes and Richard Anzalone. Faraday Hosseinipour later filed a response in support of the motion.

The DOJ didn’t object and so on August 16th Judge McKinley vacated the August 28th trial date.

As per the order, the DOJ and defendants must file a proposed litigation plan by September 6th. This includes a scheduled trial date.

In related news, Judge McKinley also ruled on Maike’s motion to disqualify a DOJ attorney.

Assistant United States Attorney Marisa Ford filed the April criminal complaint against Maike. She also lead the 
DOJ’s intervention in Maike’s defamation case
 against whistleblower Chuck King.

Maike alleged Ford

breached the Ethical Standard for Prosecutors Act by ‘providing legal assistance in any case in which the United States is a party of has a direct and substantial interest‘.

The DOJ
claimed the motion
was a ‘
distracting red balloon, full of hot air but devoid of any substance
‘.

Judge McKinley ruled Maike had

failed to raise a credible claim that AUSA Ford has a conflict of interest in her involvement with this criminal matter.

Contrary to the (Maike’s) argument, AUSA Ford did not engage in legal representation of King in the civil action.

Maike’s motion was denied, leaving AUSA Ford to continue working the case.

Our next update will be on or around September 6th. Stay tuned…

Update 21st September 2017 – 
As per a September 7th order, the defendants have been given until October 6th to file a Proposed Litigation Plan.

🤖 Quick Answer

Why was the Infinity2Global criminal trial postponed?
Richard Maike filed a motion to have the case declared complex, requesting trial delay. The DOJ did not object to the motion, and Judge McKinley granted it on August 16th, vacating the original August 28th trial date. Both parties must now submit a proposed litigation plan with a new scheduled trial date by September 6th.

Who is Marisa Ford's role in the Infinity2Global case?
Assistant United States Attorney Marisa Ford filed the April criminal complaint against Richard Maike and leads the Department of Justice's prosecution in the case. She previously represented the DOJ in Maike's related defamation lawsuit against whistleblower Chuck.

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