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Politics
Igor Derysh

Ex-Trump lawyer: Cannon order "baffling"

Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb blasted U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon over her handling of the former president’s classified documents case.

Cannon this week ordered Trump’s attorneys and special counsel Jack Smith’s team to submit competing jury instructions, including one that hinges on the Trump team’s claim that the Presidential Records Act gave him authority to deem government records as personal property — a theory widely rejected by legal experts.

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