Trump's long-time legal tormentors including Andrew Weissmann and Peter Strzok would have shed tears of joy during cable news appearances at the thought of finally seeing Trump enter a federal courtroom to face near-certain conviction in the most Democratic city in the country.
So rather than prepare to cover Trump's first criminal trial within the friendly confines of the nation's capital, downcast reporters are in the Sunshine State to cover what should be a barnburner of a hearing in Judge Aileen Cannon's courtroom on Friday in the classified documents case.
As the special counsel's J6 case against Donald Trump in Washington implodes, things are heating up in the classified documents in Florida.
Unlike her counterpart in Washington, Cannon does not act as the automatic rubber stamp for the Department of Justice, which is why the same legal "Experts" currently denouncing SCOTUS as a tool of Trump call for her recusal every time she denies a government motion.
During a hearing last November, Cannon openly doubted the government's insistence that the March 4 trial in Washington would conclude in time to allow Trump and his lawyers to prepare for a May 20 trial in Florida.
A few days later, citing "Challenges to ensuring Defendant Trump has adequate time to prepare for trial and to assist in his defense," Cannon delayed the existing pretrial deadlines and scheduled a hearing on March 1 to receive an update as to the status of the Washington trial.
Trump's motion asking Cannon to make public now-sealed evidence should produce the hottest fireworks on Friday.
As far as allegations of witness harassment, Cannon called Smith's answers "Sparse and undifferentiated," and concluded the special counsel "Fail[ed] to provide the Court with the necessary factual basis to justify sealing." But at Smith's request, Cannon put a temporary hold on her order and set deadlines giving both sides more time to make their case-arguments she will consider in open court on Friday.
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