The special counsel has now admitted that prosecutors misled the judge in the classified documents case, and are now being accused of tampering with evidence.
Special Counsel Jack Smith is intentionally hampering former President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct a presidential campaign and effectively defend himself in two major criminal trials, defense attorneys say.
Defense attorneys for Waltine Nauta, a co-defendant in the Trump documents case, filed an objection to the prosecution’s request for a conflict-of-interest hearing regarding the attorney for another co-defendant, Carlos De Oliveira, saying that if any hearing were held, the witnesses should be excluded and the record sealed.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon ordered a sealed hearing on a request for a protective order under the Classified Information Protection Act (CIPA) in a case the DOJ brought in Florida against former President Donald Trump.