Federal Judge Rejects Special Counsel Jack Smith Request in Trump Case
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon turns down special counsel’s request.
By Zachary Stieber
4/4/2024 Updated: 4/4/2024
A federal judge on April 4 rejected a request from special counsel Jack Smith after he warned her of potential consequences.
Mr. Smith, appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland, told U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon earlier this week that she could face an order from a higher court if she did not change her directive on preparing jury instructions for former President Donald Trump’s upcoming trial.
The matter, which involves interpretations of the Presidential Records Act (PRA), “cannot be deferred,” prosecutors claimed.
Judge Cannon, appointed by President Trump, denied the request.
“To the extent the special counsel demands an anticipatory finalization of jury instructions prior to trial, prior to a charge conference, and prior to the presentation of trial defenses and evidence, the court declines that demand as unprecedented and unjust,” she wrote on Thursday.
The back-and-forth concerns the judge’s directive to prosecutors and defendants on proposed instructions for the jury. Judge Cannon in March said the parties should draft instructions that assume two “competing scenarios” are “a correct formulation of the law.” The scenarios are former presidents’ ability to retain personal records under the PRA, and presidents’ ability to designate records as personal.
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