Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants in the classified documents case are arguing that a potential trial date should continue to be pushed back. In response to a request from the judge, Trump’s lawyers argued in court filing on Friday that despite the fact that a 70-day window to set a trial date will begin on May 20, Judge Aileen Cannon should hit pause to allow the defendants' lawyers time to examine any further documents produced by prosecutors. "Discovery remains...
Judge reverses earlier decision and rules that ex-president must swap in pseudonyms for people to prevent threats of harassmentThe federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal case on charges of retaining classified documents ordered the former president’s lawyers to redact information about roughly two dozen witnesses from a public version of one of their court filings, reversing an earlier decision that had allowed no redactions.The ruling means Trump must instead substitute pseudonyms –...
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Federal Judge Aileen Cannon has denied Donald Trump's classified document co-defendants' motions to dismiss. In her eight-page order, Cannon rejected efforts by Trump's aide Walt Nauta and former Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira to get the cases against them tossed, reported MSNBC host and legal analyst Katie Phang. She tweeted that Cannon shot down Nauta's request to be spared of a trial and instead "finds that the indictment puts him on enough notice so that he can adequately...
(The Center Square) – As former President Donald Trump's defense team works to pick a jury in his New York hush money case, his attorneys are asking a judge in Florida for more time to prepare. Trump's legal team has asked Judge Aileen Cannon to push back deadlines in the Florida classified documents case. Specifically, Trump has asked that the May 9 deadline for expert disclosures and Classified Information Procedures Act notice be postponed until three weeks after the...
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday denied motions by two of former President Donald Trump's co-defendants to dismiss charges in the classified documents case. Trump aide Walt Nauta's lawyers asked this month for five charges against him to be dismissed, while lawyers for Carlos De Oliveira, who was the property manager at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Florida estate, requested that all charges against him be tossed out. In her filing in Florida, Cannon said De Oliveira "does not meaningfully...
Federal Judge Aileen Cannon agreed Tuesday to special counsel Jack Smith's demand that she protect the names of witnesses in Donald Trump's classified documents case, according to court records and reports. Tuesday's ruling arrives after months of convincing from Smith that she should keep under seal the names of FBI and Secret Service agents serving as witnesses in the Florida case linked to classified documents found stored at Trump's social club Mar-a-Lago, the Washington Post reports. Cannon...
By Katelyn Polantz and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge decided Tuesday that the names of potential witnesses in the classified documents case against Donald Trump will remain secret – resolving one of the issues that has created a logjam in the criminal case. After months of arguing over what pieces of information
By Katelyn Polantz and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge decided Tuesday that the names of potential witnesses in the classified documents case against Donald Trump will remain secret – resolving one of the issues that has created a logjam in the criminal case. After months of arguing over what pieces of information
Carlos De Oliveira and Walt Nauta were charged with multiple counts of obstruction of justice alongside the former president last year
By Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s obstruction case in the classified documents prosecution survived an early test, with a federal judge on Thursday denying several bids by Donald Trump’s co-defendants to dismiss charges against them. Judge Aileen Cannon rejected efforts by Trump’s co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos De
Former President Donald Trump made the right call Monday when he declared that abortion will be left to the states if he’s elected this November.