{"id":1993224,"date":"2023-08-07T14:46:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T18:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-presiding-over-trump-documents-case-smacks-down-special-counsel-jack-smith\/"},"modified":"2023-08-07T14:48:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T18:48:02","slug":"judge-presiding-over-trump-documents-case-smacks-down-special-counsel-jack-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-presiding-over-trump-documents-case-smacks-down-special-counsel-jack-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge rejects Special Counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s case involving Trump documents."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-presiding-over-trump-documents-case-smacks-down-special-counsel-jack-smith%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1993224&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Special Counsel Jack Smith\u200d Faces Criticism\u200c from Judge in Trump \u2064Documents Case<\/h2>\n<p>Special Counsel Jack \u2063Smith, the\u2062 man who indicted former \u200cPresident Donald Trump, \u2064finds himself in hot water as the judge overseeing the Trump classified documents case reprimands him for his last-minute decision to switch \u2064court hearings from Washington, D.C. to Florida.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Judge Aileen Cannon, \u200dappointed by Trump in 2020, demands an explanation from Smith regarding the legal propriety of conducting out-of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-presiding-over-trump-documents-case-smacks-down-special-counsel-jack-smith\/\" title=\"Judge rejects Special Counsel Jack Smith's case involving Trump documents.\">-district\u200d grand jury proceedings<\/a>\u200b and seeking post-indictment hearings in \u200ba different \u2062district.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Judge Cannon \u2062also rejects two sealed \u2063filings\u200c from the prosecution.<\/p>\n<h3>Conflict of \u2063Interest Raises Concerns<\/h3>\n<p>In \u2064her filing, Judge Cannon addresses the prosecution&#8217;s \u2062request \u2062for a hearing on potential conflicts\u200c of interest involving Trump defendant\u2064 Waltine \u200cNauta&#8217;s lawyer, Stanley Woodward.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution argues that Woodward has previously represented \u2063one witness and\u200c currently represents two \u200bother witnesses who \u2064will soon testify for the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>Smith believes this connection poses a conflict of interest, stating that Woodward could be in the position of cross-examining past or current clients.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Cannon sets a deadline for\u200b Nauta&#8217;s\u200c lawyers\u2063 to\u2064 respond to\u2064 the \u200bmotion by August \u206317, with the special counsel required to file its \u200dresponse by August 22.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s\u2063 Indictment and Additional Charges<\/h3>\n<p>In June, Trump was indicted by \u200da <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missouri-man-charged-with-threatening-to-murder-2-us-congressmen\/\" title=\"Missouri Man Charged With Threatening to Murder 2 US Congressmen\">federal grand jury<\/a> in Miami\u2062 on \u2064charges related to the alleged hoarding of classified documents\u200d and obstruction of justice.<\/p>\n<p>A superseding indictment was issued in July, adding more charges to the documents case,\u2064 including\u200b allegations that Trump and Nauta attempted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-charged-with-3-more-crimes-in-classified-documents-case\/\" title=\"Trump faces three additional charges in the classified documents case.\">delete surveillance footage<\/a> at\u200b Mar-a-Lago.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Trump was also indicted in\u2063 Washington, D.C., on charges related to the 2020 election\u200b and \u2062events of January 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Response<\/h3>\n<p>After leaving the courthouse and boarding his plane, Trump expressed his thoughts on the indictment.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This is a very sad day for America,&#8221; Trump declared. &#8220;This is \u2063a persecution of a political opponent.\u2064 This was never supposed \u2062to \u200dhappen in \u200cAmerica.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a \u2064persecution of the person who is leading by substantial \u200dnumbers in the Republican primary and\u2064 leading Biden by a lot.\u200b So if you can&#8217;t beat him,\u200b you persecute him, or you prosecute \u200bhim. We can&#8217;t let this \u200bhappen in America,&#8221;\u2064 he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-presiding-trump-documents-case-smacks-special-counsel-jack-smith\/\">Judge Presiding Over Trump Documents Case Smacks Down Special Counsel Jack Smith<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special Counsel Jack Smith, who indicted ex-President Donald Trump, faces trouble as Judge Aileen Cannon, appointed by Trump, criticizes his last-minute switch from Washington, D.C., to Florida for court hearings on classified documents. 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