this is the courthouse in fort pierce, florida, where a critically important hearing is going on right now, on one side you have prosecutors from jack smith s office, on the other, donald trump and walt nauta. two things judge cannon is looking at. one, the timing of the trial, will it be before or after the 2024 election, and how will they handle the classified documents? folks have been in there for more than 50 minutes. we haven t had our producer or reporter coming out. we will bring you up to date on what decisions might have been made there. in the meantime, note this, the world found out former president donald trump is the target of jack smith s investigation into january 6th from trump himself, not the special counsel, not the attorney general, but from the man at the center of the investigation. just as he did when he was
aileen cannon to discuss two thing that are critical for the progression of the trial. one is the start date. we that you understand jack smith s team, the special counsel, wants the trial to begin on december 11th. they ve laid out the schedule they want to keep to. but trump s team wants to delay the trial indefinitely, postpone it in the election. of course, that means if former president trump is re-elected president, he could weigh in on his own fate in the trial. a lot riding there. the other piece that s being discussed does classified documents, that s the heart of the entire investigationer the heart of the trial, how trump handled those documents but prosecutors have said they want to limit how much walt nauta, the codefendant, and trump can actually see of the documents. and that they ll have to present to a jury to show information was deeply sensitive to u.s. national security. but also not present them with so much information that they would then be exposing those secret
make sure that the american public sees all of this classified information. don t understand estimate somebody like special counsel jack smith. this is not his first time at the rodeo. he knows when it comes to classified document litigation, he knows what s at stake here. if you think jack smith and his team have not considered the ramifications of having to present a case where the prosecution carries the burden of proof beyond the exclusion of every reasonable duty that you estimate to the detriment if you re donald trump, cipa, the classified informations procedures act, is exquisitely clear in terms of timing of hearing of objections and challenges by the doj in this instance. it s not the first time this is litigated. there s a reason why a statute exists to be able to aileen cannon will get a detailing of it. judge, this is how it s supposed
contributor. and charles coleman is back. now you have say potential indictment, did alleen cannon have to look and decide what she has to decide which is the argument that trump is makes that it makes for an unfair election if the trial has to start before the actual election? you know, chris, there s that saying, crazy like a fox. i think that just mightal ply to donald trump. i believe that timing is everything. i think the reason that donald trump waited in this morning to drop that truth social post because as you just said, aileen cannon slg currently presiding over a hearing. if you re trump s defense counsel as they set forth in the opposition to the doj s consideration for a trial date, all of the considerations include the pending trial dates that the defense has. but judge cannon is first in line, first in time. meaning she could set the trial per the doj s request in
december 11th, 2023. or she could sit there and set it even sooner. recall, chris, she said the trial date in august. this is a motion for continuance that was filed by the doj. considering what was announced today, i also want to remind everybody, the last time donald trump got a target letter, an indictment was not issued for another three weeks. cannon should operate in a vacuum. i know it sounds kind of crazy, but she should operate in a vacuum and consider the issues in front of her and only in her courtroom today. okay, charles, if you re jack smith and assuming there is another indictment or several indictments, does it matter to you which case goes first? how much influence do you have over that? this feels like a rubik s cube. how do they make it all line up? you need to make sure you re moving in chronological order in terms when you file the indictments with respect to multiple cases. if you are going to go out of order, and let s say, for example, the january 6