‘Be Skeptical’: Trump Lawyers Ask Judge to Scrap Jack Smith’s Classified Documents Request

Lawyers for the former president made the filing on Tuesday.
‘Be Skeptical’: Trump Lawyers Ask Judge to Scrap Jack Smith’s Classified Documents Request
(L) Special counsel Jack Smith in Washington, on Aug. 1, 2023; and (R) former U.S. President Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Fla., on Nov. 8, 2022. Saul Loeb, Eva Marie Uzcategui/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have asked for “attorneys’-eyes-only access” to prosecutors’ filings that seek to replace or even delete classified information from discovery in his federal classified documents case.

His lawyers argued that U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon reject special counsel Jack Smith’s handling of classified materials in the case, coming after the rule sided with the defense against Mr. Smith’s team earlier this month. The judge on Monday unsealed certain documents after prosecutors warned that forthcoming evidence under the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA) will include “highly sensitive classified information” in the case.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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