U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, the Trump appointee overseeing the former president's Mar-a-Lago classified documents case in South Florida, last week pushed back a conference to meet with prosecutors until February and also denied a request from special counsel Jack Smith, a "one-two punch" that The Daily Beast's Jose Pagliery warned has "created chaos that can spill over into his other legal battles ahead of the 2024 election."
Cannon in her order denied Smith's request to schedule a CIPA Section 5 hearing on what classified materials Trump plans to use at trial, noting that she would set all remaining deadlines in March 2024, when Trump's election subversion trial is slated to kick off in Washington, D.C.
