'Unprecedented': Jack Smith battle with Trump-appointed judge escalates
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Jack Smith is at his breaking point with Judge Cannon in Trump documents case
Welcome back, Deadline: Legal Newsletter readers. Donald Trump lost pretrial motions this week in all three criminal cases that haven’t been paused. (The fourth one is on hold, pending a Supreme Court review.) The hush money case is still on track for an April 15 trial in New York, Jack Smith and Aileen Cannon are dueling in Florida, and in Georgia — well, it’s still unclear where that one is headed, but Trump lost a dismissal motion there, too. Oh, and his civil fraud appeal bond that seemed...
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‘Not what Jack Smith wanted to hear’: Legal expert on judge’s move
Judge Aileen Cannon declined former President Donald Trump’s request to dismiss the classified documents case based on his arguments that he had the authority to take classified or sensitive documents with him after he left the White House. Former special counsel at the Department of Defense and CNN legal analyst Ryan Goodman joins Erin Burnett and explains why this decision could help Trump.
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Jack Smith had 'thin-skinned' Judge Cannon 'dead to rights': ex-prosecutor
Special Counsel Jack Smith's efforts to shield government witness identities forced U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon shift course and as a result "overrule herself."The 24-page order filed on Tuesday demonstrates how Smith's team is clashing with former president Donald Trump's lawyers over the amount of exposure witnesses and their statements can be released in the discovery phase of trial. Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Harry Litman thinks the response proves Smith had the upper...