Trump Prosecutor in Classified Docs Case Slams Judge’s ‘Flawed’ Request

The prosecutor in the case over Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents criticized a request from the judge overseeing the proceedings, claiming that it’s based on a “fundamentally flawed legal premise.”

In a court filing Tuesday, Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith said U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon’s orders risked putting the case in jeopardy before the trial even begins. Smith and his team also called on the court to “promptly” make its interpretation of a key issue clear and signaled that they might file an appeal to dispute the judge’s decisions once her intentions about how the case can proceed have been clarified.

At issue is an unusual order Cannon made last month in which she asked both the prosecution and defense teams to file two versions of draft instructions for the jury. The order—which Cannon made even though a trial date has not yet been set—asked the legal teams to base the instructions on two possible scenarios.

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