‘This conclusion was wrong’: Jack Smith cites ‘clear error,’ witness intimidation while schooling Cannon on discovery restrictions in Mar-a-Lago documents case

Background: In this courtroom sketch, former President Donald Trump, left, is escorted out of the courtroom by a U.S. Marshal with co-defendant Walt Nauta, right, walking behind him as another U.S, Marshal holds the door follow their proceeding in federal court, Tuesday, June 13, 2023, in Miami. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)/Top left: In this image from video provided by the U.S. Senate, Aileen M. Cannon speaks remotely during a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight nomination hearing to be U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on July 29, 2020, in Washington. The federal judge overseeing the Florida classified documents case against Donald Trump is holding a hearing about a potential conflict of interest involving a co-defendant

Background: In this courtroom sketch, former President Donald Trump, left, is escorted out of the courtroom by a U.S. Marshal with co-defendant Walt Nauta, right, walking behind him as another U.S., Marshal holds the door follow their proceeding in federal court, Tuesday, June 13, 2023, in Miami. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)/Top left: Aileen M. Cannon speaks remotely during a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight nomination hearing to be U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on July 29, 2020, in Washington. (U.S. Senate via AP)/Bottom left: Special counsel Jack Smith. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Special counsel Jack Smith has called out U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, saying her recent order to unseal redacted discovery records in former President Donald Trump‘s impending classified documents trial would needlessly expose witnesses and potentially trigger intimidation and threats — including to her.

In a 22-page motion for reconsideration and stay, Smith laced into the judge as he attempts to fight off public exposure to a swath of unredacted documents before what is a tentatively set May 20 trial date.

You May Also Like

Police Search Neighborhood for Florida Woman Missing Since Last Year

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) in Florida searched a Lantana…

‘He died in his brother’s arms’: Teen stabbed to death at track meet during fight over bleacher seating, police say

Background: News footage of the crime scene at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco,…

Maui Wife Secures TRO After Physician Husband Allegedly Bashed Her Face with Rock, Tries to Push Her from Cliff

A physician’s wife in Hawaii is fighting back after her husband allegedly…

A Presidential Order Manipulates U.S. History Through the Smithsonian

I teach history in Connecticut, but I grew up in Oklahoma and…