Jack Smith Tampered With Evidence in Trumps Classified Documents Case

I had a wide-ranging discussion with Don Jr at his home in Florida on Monday evening. We covered the ongoing lawfare against his father, breaking news out of classified docs case, and much more.

NEW: Judge Cannon officially vacates May 20 trial date, says setting a new date with so many outstanding matters would be “imprudent.”

The Court also determines that finalization of a trial date at this juncture—before resolution of the myriad and interconnected pre-trial and CIPA issues remaining and forthcoming—would be imprudent and inconsistent with the Court’s duty to fully and fairly consider the various pending pre-trial motions before the Court, critical CIPA issues, and additional pretrial and trial preparations necessary to present this case to a jury.⁶ The Court therefore vacates the current May 20, 2024, trial date (and associated calendar call), to be reset by separate order following resolution of the matters before the Court, consistent with Defendants’ right to due process and the public’s of the matters before the Court, consistent with Defendants’ right to due process and the public’s interest in the fair and efficient administration of justice.

In reaching this decision, the Court has fully evaluated the parties’ positions as expressed during the March 1, 2024, conference and in related and subsequent filings [ECF Nos. 356-357, 369, 433, 452-453, 458, 507, 527]. The Court also reviewed the procedural posture of this case in light of the currently pending motions, which now consist of eight substantive pretrial motions (two of which have not been publicly docketed because of requests for sealing and redactions [ECF Nos. 324, 326, 348, 352, 384, 485, 508, 516]); extensive defense motions to compel discovery on a host of issues spanning hundreds of pages of classified and unclassified briefing.