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Joinfortmill

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Tue Jul 18, 2023, 08:34 AM Jul 2023

What Will Judge Cannon Do For Democracy Today? Asking for America & The World...

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/18/trump-cannon-classified-documents-hearing-00106719

'6 things to watch as Trump classified documents case returns to court
Judge Aileen Cannon will hold her first hearing on Tuesday in the federal prosecution of Donald Trump.'

'Tuesday’s session was originally billed as the first chance for the attorneys to discuss how they intend to handle the voluminous classified material expected to be evidence in the case. But Cannon recently signaled she will also address the broader trial schedule — one that pits Trump’s demand for a delay until after the 2024 presidential contest against the Justice Department’s bid for a relatively expedited trial late this year.


Here are six key questions about the hearing, which is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. EDT.'


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What Will Judge Cannon Do For Democracy Today? Asking for America & The World... (Original Post) Joinfortmill Jul 2023 OP
Jack Smith already laid out the procedure gab13by13 Jul 2023 #1

gab13by13

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1. Jack Smith already laid out the procedure
Tue Jul 18, 2023, 08:55 AM
Jul 2023

for handling the classified documents, it is pretty by the book procedure.

Any disagreements to Smith's rules for handling the documents should be resolved today, according to Andrew Weissmann, if not, then Cannon is delaying for Trump.

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