U.S. District Court Judge Eileen Cannon on Monday dismissed Special Counsel Jack Smith’s motion to seal witness lists at the upcoming trial of former President Donald Trump due to the handling of classified documents, according to multiple reports. bottom.
Smith’s request was opposed by a coalition of news outlets, according to The Hill magazine listed 84 witnesses whose identities Smith wanted to keep confidential.Smith It has been submitted The motion was filed before Judge Cannon on Friday, along with a motion to postpone the trial to December, as opposed to the scheduled Aug. 14 trial date. (Related article: ‘There’s a bribe on the defense’: MSNBC host says Trump-appointed judge ‘don’t listen’ to paper lawsuit)
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“The government motion does not explain why the list should be submitted to the courts. No explanation is given as to why any means other than editing or sealing are unavailable or inadequate, nor is the proposed duration of the sealing specified,” Cannon wrote in the order.
FBI agents said on August 8 that Trump’s Marr, Florida mansion, as part of an investigation into allegations that classified documents were improperly removed from the White House when Trump left office in January 2021. Searched for A Lago.
After the special counsel secured grand jury indictments on 37 counts, including espionage law violations, and were unsealed on June 9, President Trump was found not guilty of all counts in an arraignment on June 13. ” was the answer. President Trump claimed the documents were declassified. Before indictment.
Cannon, whom President Trump appointed to the federal court in May 2020, will have jurisdiction over the criminal case. Cannon had previously ordered the appointment of a special master to review documents seized during the August 8 raid, but the ruling was later overturned on appeal.
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