Judge Aileen Cannon said the special counsel’s “conferral” with Trump’s lawyers is “wholly lacking in substance and professional courtesy.”

Cannon agreed with Trump’s lawyers that the special counsel should not have filed such a motion without meaningfully conferring with the defense, as the local rules require.

I don’t think there is a meaningful discussion to be had with the defense about making a defendant who constantly violates gag orders shut up.

Trump’s lead defense attorney Todd Blanche had asked the special counsel to wait until Monday to meet and confer – something the special counsel’s office declined to do because they said Trump had created a situation with his public comments that couldn’t wait the weekend to file.

Oh, they didn’t wait for the defense to delay and obstruct. Fuck Cannon.