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Hugo Lowell in Fort Pierce, Florida

‘Wasting court’s time’: judge in Trump classified documents case rebukes prosecutors

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Judge Aileen Cannon answers questions during her nomination hearing in Washington DC on 29 July 2020. Photograph: Reuters

The federal judge in the criminal case about Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents rebuked prosecutors for “wasting the court’s time” on Thursday with their sudden request to partly restrict the lawyer for one of Trump’s co-defendants.

US district judge Aileen Cannon abruptly postponed the hearing after getting the request to prevent the lawyer from doing cross-examination and closing arguments of a former client at trial – which came after prosecutors had first said they would not seek disqualification.

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