Special counsel #JackSmith appears to have suspected additional efforts by #Trump to obstruct the government's investigation of his handling of classified #documents, a newly unsealed court filing revealed Tuesday. #legal #TrumpIndictment
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Via Kyle Griffin:
In her ruling, Judge Howell questions how #Trump could not have noticed he had highly sensitive #documents in his bedroom.
"Notably, no excuse is provided as to how the former president could miss the classified-marked documents found in his own bedroom at Mar-a-Lago." https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/21/trump-classified-documents-bedroom-00159182
Via Katie Phang:
JUST IN: Judge #Cannon in the MAL classified #documents case enters a paperless Order directing #Trump to file a Response to Special Counsel #JackSmith’s Motion to Modify Bond Conditions on or before June 14. A Reply, if any, from Smith will be due on or before June 21st.
Clearly, Judge Cannon doesn’t seem to be worried about the safety of the law enforcement officers that have targets on their backs courtesy of Donald Trump’s spreading of lies about the MAL search warrant.
👀👀 Via Kyle Cheney:
JUST IN: Judge #CANNON has denied #JackSmith's gag order request in FL, saying prosecutors' failure to confer with defense before filing it was "wholly lacking in substance and professional courtesy." #TrumpIndictment #documents #legal
🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ “During a marathon day of proceedings in the #Trump Mar-a-Lago classified #documents case, a morning hearing in front of Judge Aileen #Cannon devolved into a shouting match amongst the attorneys, and the afternoon series of arguments prompted the judge to wonder if the legal nuances of the case may be too difficult for jurors to understand” https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/22/politics/trump-documents-case-judge-cannon-hearing?cid=ios_app
I’m sure Aileen will get right on it 🙄
Fed prosecutors asked judge overseeing #documents case against #Trump to bar TFG from public statements that “pose a significant, imminent, & foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents” participating in the prosecution.
The request to Judge Cannon follows false claim by Trump that FBI agents who searched his home in Aug 2022 were “authorized to shoot me” & “locked & loaded ready to take me out & put my family in danger” #legal
https://apnews.com/article/d52b7468d93712dd86cbb8fe304d4b64
Via Sarah N. Lynch:
Judge #Cannon is giving #Trump's legal team and the government 12 days to tell her how the SCOTUS decision upholding the CFPB's funding/appointment impacts Trump's claim that #JackSmith was unlawfully appointed and funded...
Via Hugo Lowell:
Judge #Cannon in #Trump classified #documents case GRANTS his request to delay until July 8 last night’s deadline to disclose what experts he may call at trial — in Trump’s words, “should there be one” 👀
#legal
Paging 11th Circuit!
“Judge Aileen #Cannon is again ripping up the court schedule in #Trump’s classified #documents case – pushing some of the legal questions that have been before her for months even further down the road.” #legal
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/04/politics/cannon-trump-special-counsel-hearing?cid=ios_app
WHAT?!
“Federal judge #Cannon overseeing #Trump’s classified #documents case struck down a small but significant part of the indictment on Monday, ruling that the government must remove from its charges an episode in which Trump is said to have shown a highly sensitive military map to one of his close aides after he left office” #legal
😫Judge in #Trump #Documents Case Rejected Suggestions to Step Aside
Two federal judges in South #Florida privately urged Aileen M. #Cannon to decline the case when it was assigned to her last year, according to two people briefed on the matter. She chose to keep it.
Special counsel probed #Trump Mar-a-Lago trip that aides 'kept quiet' weeks before FBI search:
“A trip to Mar-a-Lago taken by Trump that aides allegedly "kept quiet" just weeks before FBI agents searched the property for classified materials in his possession raised suspicions among special counsel #JackSmith's team as a potential additional effort to obstruct the government's classified #documents investigation..”
https://abcnews.go.com/US/special-counsel-probed-trump-mar-lago-trip-aides/story?id=111334156
Via Klasfeld:
Good morning from Ft. Pierce, Fla.
Later this morning, Judge #Cannon will hear the second part of #Trump’s challenge of #JackSmith’s constitutional authority to prosecute him — this time, targeting the special counsel’s funding.
No electronic devices in court. Updates later. #legal #documents #TrumpIndictment
OMFG. #BREAKING
We called it, didn’t we. OMFG.
Meet the next SCOTUS nom from Trump, should he get in.
Via Kyle Cheney:
BREAKING: Judge Cannon has dismissed the #Trump #documents case, citing violation of appointments clause.
Cannon has issued a 93-page opinion.