The Department of Justice has slammed Donald Trump’s legal team for asking the judge overseeing the criminal case against him in the Southern District of Florida to allow the ex-president to discuss classified matters at Mar-a-Lago and other private residences.
In documents filed with the court late Thursday, prosecutors said Mr Trump’s attorneys made the request for “extraordinary authority” as part of negotiations over the legally-mandated protective order which Judge Aileen Cannon must issue before they and their client can have any access to the classified material which the government plans to use as evidence when Mr Trump goes on trial next May.
