Judge Aileen Cannon set a May 2024 trial date for Trump in the classified documents case.
Excerpts here from court hearing on Tuesday indicate Cannon's thinking on the matter as well as offers clue as to how Trump's lawyers will proceed.
Jack Smith's office has produced over 1M… https://t.co/hFn5kqal7wtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
DOJ has 1,545 pages of classified material incl files from NARA, the May subpoena production, and Mar-a-Lago raid. Trump's lawyers can see about 80%, DOJ said, under interim security clearances. (Full clearance will take 2 months)
Here's how DOJ wants judge to treat Trump:
This is interesting from Trump's lawyers.
Classified papers in boxes at Mar-a-Lago while he was still president?
Smith is going to have to prove that any record in the indictment was indeed taken to MAL after he left office and contained in boxes shipped to MAL after Jan 2021 https://t.co/lgwOTI7Togtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
LOL Jack Smith has the equivalent of 3 years of security camera footage. Trump's team wants to try and watch all of it. DOJ says, nah, just look at these days.
Judge Cannon says, um I don't think so.
Movement of boxes is central to obstruction counts
Sounds like Trump's lawyer will raise very legit venue arguments. Recall that 99% of this investigation took place in DC before DC-based grand jury.
DC chief judge Beryl Howell (Obama appointee who also oversaw Mueller investigation) gave DOJ then Smith everything they wanted… https://t.co/tmzDsZf4DItwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Stanley Woodward, attorney for Walt Nauta, hints that DOJ likely abused the grand jury process by conducting nearly entire investigation in Trump-hating courthouse in Washington DC rather than FLA
Jack Smith is going to try very hard to prevent Trump from seeing certain "classified documents." The argument that a former president who had access to all classified material during his administration--in fact, created classified documents--now can't see them smacks of… https://t.co/5aDmoWvDYZtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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