Author: ERIC TUCKER – Associated Press
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Judge in Trump’s classified files case agrees to redact witness names
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump granted a request by prosecutors on Tuesday aimed at protecting the identities of potential government witnesses. But U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon refused to categorically block witness statements from being disclosed, saying there was no basis for such…
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Prosecutors urge Supreme Court to reject Trump’s immunity claims in election subversion case
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Special counsel Jack Smith’s team urged the Supreme Court on Monday night to reject former President Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The brief from prosecutors was submitted just over two weeks before…
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Prosecutors in Trump’s classified documents case sharply rebuke judge’s unusual and ‘flawed’ order
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal prosecutors chided the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case in Florida, warning her off potential jury instructions that they said rest on a “fundamentally flawed legal premise.” In an order, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had asked prosecutors and defense lawyers to file proposed jury instructions for…
