Retired Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz suggested that special prosecutor Jack Smith is “trying to rush” a trial against former President Donald Trump and trying to “provoke the judge” after the prosecutor filed court papers last week that were critical of the Florida judge in the classified documents case.
In a court filing earlier in April, Mr. Smith’s team was critical of Judge Aileen Cannon’s earlier order to provide written jury instructions based on the Presidential Records Act, saying that it doesn’t apply in this case. Later, she rejected President Trump’s attorneys’ attempt to have the case dismissed under the act, but she also rebuked Mr. Smith’s tone.
