U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon rejected one request by Donald Trump but said “further factual development is warranted” related to the search warrant.
U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon said Thursday she will hold a hearing for Donald Trump’s lawyers to challenge some of the evidence gathered against him for alleged mishandling of classified documents and obstructing government efforts to retrieve them., the judge said “further factual development is warranted” when it comes to Trump’s challenge to the search warrant for Mar-a-Lago, his Florida home and private club.
that an FBI agent’s affidavit providing probable cause for the search of Mar-a-Lago was too vague, particularly where it used the phrases “national defense information” and “presidential records" to describe the type of documents being sought. Cannon found that argument reasonable, and sufficient justification for an evidentiary hearing.
Special counsel Jack Smith had insisted that no further hearings on the subject were necessary, because the search warrant and affidavit were exceedingly carefully written, and Trump was given the additional — and highly unusual — consideration of having a letter from Trump’s lawyer also submitted to the magistrate judge who approved the search warrant.
She rejected one Trump demand in her order: a request for what lawyers call a Franks hearing, over whether the FBI agent made any false claims when swearing out an affidavit for the search warrant. On that score, Cannon ruled that Trump’s lawyers failed to meet the legal standard for making such a claim.
the particulars not just of how prosecutors and agents investigated the case, but how special counsels are appointed and funded -- to the frustration of special counsel Jack Smith and his team.Trump is charged with taking classified national
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