‘The Court cannot simply take the prosecutors’ word for it’: Trump lawyers ask Mar-a-Lago judge to put an end to Jack Smith’s ‘secret filings’

Judge Aileen Cannon, Donald Trump

Judge Aileen Cannon (Senate Judiciary Committee via AP), Donald Trump visits Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in July 2023 (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago classified documents case rejected his demand to delay pretrial deadlines.

In her paperless order filed on Thursday denying the defendants’ motion, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon says she’d consider late-filed matters if they can show they “justify additional pre-trial briefing.”

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