Judge Aileen Cannon expressed skepticism in court Friday when special counsel Jack Smith’s legal team argued against a ruling they’ve described as a potentially dangerous blunder.

Cannon presided over a federal court conference in Fort Pierce, Florida, to discuss her order, challenged by Smith, to unseal sensitive materials in former President Donald Trump’s classified document case, Lawfare’s Anna Bower reports.

“No decision from the bench,” Bower wrote on X. “But Cannon sounded skeptical of prosecutors’ claims that she clearly erred.”

“Clear error” are the words Smith used in a filing early last month to describe Cannon’s decision on handling discovery in a case that could involve more than 5,000 pages of classified documents.

  • @Viking_Hippie
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    137 months ago

    They think the mere existence of laws deters bad people like it does “good” people.

    Why doesn’t someone just make crime illegal? Problem solved!