The federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case blasted prosecutors on Monday for trying to secretly introduce grand jury evidence from another jurisdiction.
The Florida federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case blasted prosecutors on Monday for trying to secretly introduce grand jury evidence from another jurisdiction.
US District Judge Aileen Cannon denied special counsel Jack Smith’s request to file under seal additional grand jury information from the District of Columbia, court filings show.
Cannon said there was not “sufficient legal or factual basis to warrant” the “secrecy” — and ordered a clerk to remove both of Smith’s filings from the South Florida docket.
Cannon also asked Trump’s legal team to respond to allegations from those grand jury proceedings that attorney Stanley Woodward — representing Trump valet Waltine Nauta — has conflicts of interest in the documents case, since three of his clients may be called to testify as government witnesses.
