The interviews include an audio-recorded meeting with a writer and publisher at his Bedminster golf club in which Trump, the indictment claims, showed and described a Pentagon “plan of attack” that he said was prepared for him by the Defense Department.
Who is Aileen Cannon, the Colombian-born judge raised in Miami that will oversee Trump's documents case?
The interviews include an audio-recorded July 2021 meeting with a writer and publisher at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club in which Trump, according to the indictment, showed and described a Pentagon “plan of attack” that he said was prepared for him by the Defense Department. Also turned over to Trump's lawyers are public statements he made that are referenced in the indictment.
The sharing of information and evidence between parties is routine in a court case so that lawyers can prepare a defense. Earlier this week, a federal magistrate imposed a protective order to restrict the public disclosure of evidence that Trump receives through the information-sharing process, known as discovery.
The judge in the case, Aileen Cannon, set an initial trial date of Aug. 14, though that date is expected to slip considerably given the complicated disputes ahead over the scope of evidence in the case.
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