Loose Cannon just ordered Smith turn over death threats info to tsf

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89. I'm pretty certain he will not be seeking her recusal.

I think folks sincerely misunderstand what this dispute is about. It's not about giving Trump access to information he doesn't already have. It's not about giving Trump the public access to classified information. It's about whether non-classified information previously provided to Trump and his attorneys, including the identity of witnesses and copies of their witness statements, should be made public when they are part of a pleading filed in a criminal case. In this instance, Smith argues -- correctly I believe -- that Cannon applied the wrong standard in deciding to allow the disclosure of this information to the public. She based her decision on the government not showing a "compelling interest" in keeping the information out of the public eye, rather than on a more easily met "good cause" standard. While Smith's reconsideration motion makes a strong case for her to change her decision, his team dug themselves a hole by filing a rather weak opposition in the first place -- it was three pages long and didn't cite any of the case law that the reconsideration motion relies on as controlling precedent. Even if she sticks to her guns and doesn't change her order and even if Smith appeals it and wins -- all "ifs" at this point -- it's not going to result in smith seeking to have her replaced.