Jack Smith Pushes Back On Judge Overseeing Trump's Classified Docs Case

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Jack Smith Pushes Back On Judge Overseeing Trump's Classified Docs Case
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Jack Smith, the special counsel leading the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, rebuked the judge overseeing the case in a court filing on Tuesday.Judge Aileen Cannon asked both parties to submit hypothetical jury instructions based on two different interpretations of the Presidential Records Act . Trump’s legal team is arguing that the PRA granted Trump authority to categorize classified documents as “personal records.

In a near-midnight legal filing, Smith’s office pushed back hard against an unusual instruction from U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon — one that veteran national security lawyers and former judges have said badly misinterprets the Presidential Records Act and laws related...Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith is close to pushing the"nuclear button" in Donald Trump's classified documents case, a legal expert told Newsweek on Wednesday.

Judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed by Trump, has faced scrutiny over her handling of the case in which federal prosecutors charged the former president with 31 counts for allegedly keeping classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges and maintains his innocence, accusing the DOJ of targeting him for political purposes. Critics have...

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon ordered defense lawyers for Trump and prosecutors to file submissions outlining hypothetical jury instructions based on competing interpretations of two laws relevant to the case. Her March 18 order suggested Trump may have had a legal right under the Presidential Records Act to declare records as personal after leaving...

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