The case is tied up in efforts by Trump’s attys to have the charges against him dismissed before they go to trial. To that end, the attys have filed a barrage of motions attacking the #indictment on a number of grounds. Those include claims that #JackSmith was improperly appointed to his job & that he filed the charges as part of a politicized effort to harm #Trump. [aka the “I’m a victim” defense]
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.
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...
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
In an angry court filing, #Trump’s lawyers pushed back hard against the request by the office of the #SpecialCounsel, #JackSmith, to revise Trump’s conditions of release by forbidding him to make any public comments that might endanger federal agents working on the prosecution.
In their motion to Judge #AileenCannon in Federal Dist Court… #Trump’s attys said that Smith’s request was “an extraordinary, unprecedented & unconstitutional censorship application” that “unjustly targets President Trump’s campaign speech while he is the leading candidate for the presidency.”
Trump’s legal team said that #JackSmith’s request should be stricken from the docket & that he & his prosecutors should face #contempt sanctions for filing it….
He not only wants #Cannon to gag Trump for falsely accusing #Biden of #LockedAndLoaded#assassination plot, he does it reminding her of her own sanctimonious words about “Court’s independent obligation to protect the integrity … and to promote transparency in the Court’s oversight”
"The request to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon follows a false claim by Trump earlier this week that the FBI agents who searched his Mar-a-Lago estate in August 2022 were 'authorized to shoot me' and were 'locked & loaded ready to take me out & put my family in danger.'"