United States District Judge Aileen Cannon set restrictions on Wednesday on Donald Trump's handling of any evidence that involved classified documents in the case alleging the former president mishandled such documents.
Cannon established the protective order, a standard protocol for cases involving classified information, after holding a closed hearing on the matter one day prior.Cannon ordered that Trump and his legal team could"discuss classified information only within the SCIF [sensitive compartmented information facility] or in an area authorized" by a court-appointed chief information security officer.
The hearing followed Trump and special counsel Jack Smith submitting competing requests about the protective order that largely centered on the location of a SCIF. The current SCIF that Trump would use that is closest to his Mar-a-Lago residence appears to be at the Miami federal courthouse based on court filings.
"So that President Trump and his legal team may discuss classified information in a substantive manner as regularly as necessary to prepare an adequate defense, we respectfully request that the Court approve re-establishment of a secure facility in which President Trump previously discussed classified information during his term as President of the United States," they wrote.
Prosecutors wrote on behalf of Smith that they rejected the idea of Mar-a-Lago serving as a temporary SCIF.
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