Tag: Aileen Cannon

Judge Turns Down Trump Prosecutors’ Initial Request for ‘Protective Order’

A federal judge in former president Donald Trump’s presidential records case has denied prosecutors’ request for a highly restrictive order governing how defense lawyers can share classified information with their clients in this case. In a comment posted to the federal courts records system on July 19, a day after a pretrial conference in the…


Judge Refuses DOJ Request to Restrict Trump Lawyers’ Handling of Classified Info in Documents Case

A federal judge in former president Donald Trump’s presidential records case has denied prosecutors’ request for a highly restrictive order governing how defense lawyers can share classified information with their clients in this case. In a comment posted to the federal courts records system on July 19, a day after a pretrial conference in the…


Judge in Trump Documents Case Denies Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Request to Seal Witness List

A federal judge on Monday denied special counsel Jack Smith’s request to file a confidential list of 84 witnesses in the classified documents case involving former President Donald Trump and his co-defendant Walt Nauta. Smith’s motion, filed on Friday, sought to keep the list of witnesses a secret from Trump and forbid him from communicating directly with them about…


Federal Judge Issues Order on Trump’s Classified Documents Case

U.S. district judge Aileen Cannon handed down her first order since former president Donald Trump entered a not guilty plea to charges in connection with the Department of Justice’s case alleging he mishandled classified documents. Cannon, in brief Thursday order, instructed all parties involved to obtain security clearances for lawyers who will need them. The…