U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is scheduled to hear third parties in the government’s classified documents case against former President Donald Trump to argue over the validity of the appointmen…
FILE – This image contained in a court filing by the Department of Justice on Aug. 30, 2022, and partially redacted by the source, shows a photo of documents seized during the Aug. 8 FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The classified documents indictment of Donald Trump would seem, on paper at least, to be the most straightforward of the four criminal cases the former president is facing.
Smith’s team has maintained that Attorney General Merrick Garland, as head of the U.S. Justice Department, was empowered to appoint Smith and to delegate prosecutorial decisions to him. The daylong hearing on Friday at the Alto Lee Adams, Sr. United States Courthouse focuses on arguments similar to those rejected by other judges in challenges to special counsels Mueller, who investigated Trump’s relationship with Russia, and David Weiss, who has been prosecuting President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, on gun and tax charges.
Critics of the judge assert that Cannon has effectively bought into a defense strategy of delaying a trial until after the November presidential election. She has conducted lengthy hearings on issues, they say, that most other judges would have quickly ruled upon after reviewing written motions filed with the court.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
District 218 work, including field house at Eisenhower, to be ‘game changer’ for districtConstruction is already underway on some of the work at Eisenhower High School in Blue Island, with gutting of two theaters nearly done in advance of renovating the interior spaces.
Read more »
Meet the District 3 candidates: More homeless housing in District 3?Question this week: More homeless housing in District 3? One candidate expressed disapproval; another avoided the question.
Read more »
Mescal-J6 Fire District chief resigns; board considers interim chief from nearby districtAndrew Christiansen is KGUN 9's Catalina Foothills reporter. Send your story ideas to Andrew at andrew.christiansenkgun9.com.
Read more »
District 11 candidates discuss how to bring the district its fair share of city servicesWelcome to the “Meet the Candidates” for District 11, where we ask each candidate to answer a question a week leading up to the election.
Read more »
80+ Seattle firefighters battle fire at vacant Chinatown-International District buildingMore than 80 firefighters worked to put out a fire at a vacant building in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District on Monday.
Read more »
Incumbent wins three-way primary battle for Oklahoma's 3rd Congressional DistrictFrank Lucas won a three-way battle for the Republican nomination in Oklahoma's Third Congressional District, which he has represented by since 2003.
Read more »