MIAMI – Aileen Cannon, the lead judge in the criminal case against former US President Donald Trump for the classified documents found in his Florida home, ordered this Tuesday that the jury trial be held starting August 14 in Fort Pierce, at 129 miles from Miami.
In an order signed today, the judge indicates that the period for holding the trial is two weeks from August 14 and that if for any reason it is delayed, it will be held “as soon” as possible.
The deadline for the defense and the Prosecutor’s Office to submit requests in relation to the trial is next July 24, and a hearing will be held on August 8 to address all calendar issues.
Special counsel Jack Smith, in charge of the investigation, promised that the trial against Trump and his assistant, Waltine Nauta, who is charged as an accessory, would be “expeditious” and “in accordance with the public interest and the rights of defendants”.
Trump was charged on June 13 in the Miami courts with 37 federal criminal offenses for mishandling official documents after leaving the Presidency of the United States (20017-2021).
Of the 37 charges, of which Trump pleaded not guilty, 31 are for knowingly withholding US defense-related documents, but he is also charged with obstructing justice and “corruptly” concealing documents or records.
Some of those crimes are punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Trump is the first president or former president in US history to be criminally charged by federal justice.
Judge Cannon, who is of Colombian and Cuban origin and was appointed by Trump, has her court in Fort Pierce, which is why the trial will be held in that city in Palm Beach County, the same one where Trump has his legal residence. .
The order issued this Tuesday is addressed to the defense and the prosecution with a view to preparing for the trial and establishes deadlines for all previous procedures.
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Among the things that the judge highlights in the document is the prohibition of “backstriking” with jurors, a legal term without translation into Spanish that means that both parties can withdraw at their convenience from accepting or objecting to a member of the jury before swear as such.
This Monday, another court judge in charge of Trump’s case, Bruce E. Reinhart, prohibited the former president’s lawyers from sharing with people outside the defense the evidence produced on the accusations against him.
Reinhart noted in his order that both Trump and the public, media and social networks are included in the order and therefore cannot keep this information, whether originals or copies of documents.
Defendants will only have access to evidence “under the direct supervision of the defense attorney or a member of the defense attorney’s staff. Defendants will not retain copies of the material,” the ruling said.
The judge, who thus agreed with a motion filed last Friday by the Prosecutor’s Office, explained that “any unclassified discovery produced by the United States” is subject to this protection order.
It stressed that this evidence can only be used by the defendants and the defense and “in connection with the defense of this case, and for no other purpose.”
In an order signed today, the judge indicates that the period for holding the trial is two weeks from August 14 and that if for any reason it is delayed, it will be held “as soon” as possible.
The deadline for the defense and the Prosecutor’s Office to submit requests in relation to the trial is next July 24, and a hearing will be held on August 8 to address all calendar issues.
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Special counsel Jack Smith, in charge of the investigation, promised that the trial against Trump and his assistant, Waltine Nauta, who is charged as an accessory, would be “expeditious” and “in accordance with the public interest and the rights of defendants”.
Trump was charged on June 13 in the Miami courts with 37 federal criminal offenses for mishandling official documents after leaving the Presidency of the United States (20017-2021).
Of the 37 charges, of which Trump pleaded not guilty, 31 are for knowingly withholding US defense-related documents, but he is also charged with obstructing justice and “corruptly” concealing documents or records.
Some of those crimes are punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Trump is the first president or former president in US history to be criminally charged by federal justice.
Judge Cannon, who is of Colombian and Cuban origin and was appointed by Trump, has her court in Fort Pierce, which is why the trial will be held in that city in Palm Beach County, the same one where Trump has his legal residence. .
The order issued this Tuesday is addressed to the defense and the prosecution with a view to preparing for the trial and establishes deadlines for all previous procedures.
Among the things that the judge highlights in the document is the prohibition of “backstriking” with jurors, a legal term without translation into Spanish that means that both parties can withdraw at their convenience from accepting or objecting to a member of the jury before swear as such.
This Monday, another court judge in charge of Trump’s case, Bruce E. Reinhart, prohibited the former president’s lawyers from sharing with people outside the defense the evidence produced on the accusations against him.
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Reinhart noted in his order that both Trump and the public, media and social networks are included in the order and therefore cannot keep this information, whether originals or copies of documents.
Defendants will only have access to evidence “under the direct supervision of the defense attorney or a member of the defense attorney’s staff. Defendants will not retain copies of the material,” the ruling said.
The judge, who thus agreed with a motion filed last Friday by the Prosecutor’s Office, explained that “any unclassified discovery produced by the United States” is subject to this protection order.
It stressed that this evidence can only be used by the defendants and the defense and “in connection with the defense of this case, and for no other purpose.”
