Florida Judge Aileen Cannon, gave Trump's Defense Team, 48 hours to File All Pretrial Motions, in the Mar-a-Lago Classified Documents Case Individually.
Cannon issued an Order on Tuesday, Rejecting Trump's efforts to File All of His Pretrial Motions in one go. Instead, Judge Cannon asked that each Motion be Filed "on an individual basis" to the Court and Special Counsel Jack Smith by Thursday.
She also Rejected Trump Request to File Redacted versions of certain Motions on a Temporary Basis.
The Order comes after Trump Attorney Todd Blanche said in a Tuesday Motion, that Trump wanted to file "at least 10 pretrial motions" disputing the Charges that accuse Him of having Retained Classified Records after leaving the White House, and Obstructing efforts to have them Returned.
The Motions were expected to Dispute Smith's Appointment to the Case, Trump's Presidential Immunity Claim, the Raid at Mar-a-Lago, and the Presidential Records Act, among other things.
The Request to Submit a Consolidated Brief of the Motions was Opposed by Smith, who argued that it was part of Trump's "relentless" plan to Delay Trial "at any cost." Smith argued that Trump's Legal Team could load up the Motions with "Misleading" Theories that would further Stall the Proceedings.
Trump's Lawyers had argued that Filing the Motions together, would make it more Efficient and argued that the Public Version should be Censored because of the Highly Classified nature of the Case.
However, Cannon ordered All "final, unredacted copies" to be emailed within 48 hours of Her Order. After those Filings, any Party wishing to Redact anything in the Mmotion, could File another Motion specifying Why on or before February 27th and Opposition to those Requests would be due February 29th, Two days after Issues were raised. Cannon would then Decide which Redactions, if any, to Accept.
Throughout the Case, Cannon, who was Nominated to the Federal Bench by Trump, has been Viewed as Favoring Trump.
Last year, She halted the FBI from Reviewing the Documents found in Trump's Possession and handed it over to a Special Master for Review First, a Decision that was Overturned by the 11th Circuit.
She also Ordered Smith to turn in certain Sensitive Information that would Reveal Witness Identities, a move that some Experts have said gave Smith cause to Ask for Cannon's Removal from the Case.
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