As Trump’s classified docs prosecution goes forward, now w no pretense of trial before the election, Judge #Cannon appears poised to permit him to use pub hearings in the case to sound his campaign themes. 1/… #legal
NEW: Judge #Cannon enters an Order “temporarily staying” the requirement for #Trump to have to file his CIPA Section 5 notice in the MAL classified #documents case.
Sec. 5 requires Trump to disclose to the Government the classified materials he intends on using at trial. #trial
A #Trump associate told the FBI of advising Trump to return classified #documents to the National Archives nearly a year before agents searched Mar-a-Lago.
Wild stuff in unsealed (heavily redacted) FBI intrvw from high-level #Trump-wrld person related to #documents investig
Ex: witness afraid to have interview recorded..fear of reprisal...appears 2 b..attempt to leverage Trump fam mmbers to push him to return classif docs
Won't take long to crowdsource IDs of many redacted from these docs. Prty easy to decipher # of them to high degree of cert which spks to why #JackSmith wanted more signif redactions/sealing https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.470.4.pdf
After roughly 2 hours of argument, Judge #Cannon seems unlikely to grant motions from Carlos De Oliveira and Walt Nauta to dismiss some or all of the charges against them in #Trump's classified #documents case.... ... ...
What wasn't discussed today? Anything about future timing in the case and when we might get a new trial date. #legal
Donald #Trump's Mar-a-Lago classified #documents team keeps looking more like the one that defended him at his NY bank fraud trial.
The new guy is a hopeful FL GOP politician who failed to convince Judge Engoron that Trump's financial statements & appraisals could disagree but coexist. #legal
Judge Aileen #Cannon has partially granted special counsel #JackSmith's motion to redact the names of government witnesses in the classified #documents case.
But Cannon won't make it easy: Smith will still have to justify to the court each name redaction. #legal#TrumpIndictment#Trump
#Trump relies on a doctor who is a member of his golf club to vouch for his health
After Trump escalated his longstanding attacks on Pres #Biden’s #health & #mental#fitness last fall, he released the 1st updated report on his own condition in >3 yrs.
The report had just 3 paragraphs w/o specific numbers, proclaimed that Trump was in “excellent health” & had “exceptional” cognitive ability, & did not disclose Trump’s weight.
And two days after that article was published, Bornstein later told NBC News, a White House official and two others conducted a “raid” on his office to obtain the president’s medical records, which he said made him feel “raped, frightened and sad.” The White House responded at the time that it was “standard operating procedure” to obtain the documents and denied that it was a raid.
@GottaLaff
Judge Training Wheels used the word "unjust" toward prosecutors?
Jack Smith is being "unfair" to her?
Stop, you're killing me #documents#treason#judge
“In an open display of frustration, federal prosecutors on Tuesday night told the judge overseeing #Trump’s classified #documents case that a “fundamentally flawed” order she had issued was causing delays & asked her to quickly resolve a critical dispute about 1 of Trump’s defenses — leaving them time to appeal if needed.
The unusual & risky move by the prosecutors, contained in a 24-pg filing, signaled their mounting impatience w Judge #Cannon” #legal
Undocketed filings in US v #Trump (M-a-L) are stacking up. Yesterday the govt sought permission to file a surreply relating to a reply that isn't docketed yet, which related to a response that isn't docketed yet, which related to a motion that isn't docketed yet. #legal#documents
Judge #Cannon tells #Trump lawyer Todd Blanche his argument that the classified #documents case is the fault of the National Archives is a "red herring."
"NARA is not sitting at the table over there," she added.
Cannon says she'll rule "promptly."
#Trump's separate pres immunity motion hinges on this PRA argument. It's the "official act" underlying the immunity assertion. If #Cannon thinks it's a close call, that means a stay is likely coming.
When we eventually get to Trump's pres immunity assertion, even if Cannon denies it, she will stay the case unless she finds that the assertion is "frivolous." So today will be the early tell as to how she's leaning on this question. #legal#documents
“#Trump attends critical hearing: Trump is in court as the federal judge presiding over the classified #documents case against him and his two co-defendants is hearing arguments this morning on motions focused on dismissing the charges brought by special counsel #JackSmith.” #legal
In the Mar-a-Lago classified #documents case, Donald #Trump's lawyers double down on their request for a special court hearing about his super secret "Q" security clearance.
Judge #Cannon has granted #Trump’s request for a 10 day extension to file replies to some of his motions to dismiss charges in the classified #documents case.
Previously, the deadline for Trump to file replies was set for March 14. But Trump’s attorneys asked to extend that deadline to March 24, citing the need to travel to an upcoming hearing in Ft. Pierce and to prepare for Trump’s trial in New York. #legal
Some of these excuses are running thin. #Trump lawyer Chris Kise, for example, lives in #Florida, as does Sasha Dadan, FL counsel for Walt Nauta.
Katie Phang:
NEW: All of the MAL defendants seek an extension of time to file certain Reply briefs to various Oppositions filed by Special Counsel that responded to Defendants’ multiple motions to dismiss.
Says Trump's claim to possess DOE security clearance after leaving office is incorrect.
Prosecutors got lots of warrants on Walt Nauta..say Nauta brought Trump boxes to review, but Trump cut off review after lking at 15 boxes & ordered only those shipped to NARA, even though there were another 70-80 left in storage #legal
JUST IN: Prosecutors say they've provided another small batch of discovery to #Trump in his #Florida case, including "the memorialization of an interview conducted on March 6, 2024."