The delays in Donald Trump's Florida classified documents case will come to a head Thursday, the date U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon has set as a deadline for the former president and the case's other defendants to file responses in a discovery dispute with the Justice Department, predicts former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance.
Writing in her "Civil Discourse" Substack, Vance explained that special counsel Jack Smith's hopes of bringing the case charging Trump with willfully retaining national security documents post-presidency to trial are dwindling as the pre-trial period drags. Whether he will then appeal to the 11th Circuit Court, she said, hinges in part on what unfolds this week.
