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'Each may file a separate notice': Mar-a-Lago judge gives Trump and Jack Smith one last chance to argue over special cou
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/each-may-file-a-separate-notice-mar-a-lago-judge-gives-trump-and-jack-smith-one-last-chance-to-argue-over-special-counsels-authority-to-prosecute-after-lengthy-hearing/‘Each may file a separate notice’: Mar-a-Lago judge gives Trump and Jack Smith one last chance to argue over special counsel’s authority to prosecute after lengthy hearing
COLIN KALMBACHER
Jun 22nd, 2024, 3:50 pm
The judge overseeing the Mar-a-Lago documents case on Friday gave former President Donald Trump and special counsel Jack Smith a few days of additional time to submit one final document in a long-running dispute that has taken up substantial time, docketing, and motions practice during pretrial proceedings in the high-profile legal battle.
In a terse, “paperless minute entry,” following a four-hour-long hearing, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon directed both parties to take their final stab at Trump’s motion to dismiss the indictment based on the theory that Smith was unlawfully appointed to his position.
“On or before June 24, 2024, Defendant Trump and the Special Counsel each may file a separate notice of supplemental authority, not to exceed five double-spaced pages, with any discrete citations to statutory or decisional authority,” the order reads. “The notice(s) shall be prepared in list/bullet form with citations only, and without advocacy, although appropriate headings are permitted for organizational purposes.”
The Trump-appointed judge’s order extending the long-shot dismissal bid into next week was just one of many Friday developments in the serially delayed case against the 45th president.
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COLIN KALMBACHER
Jun 22nd, 2024, 3:50 pm
The judge overseeing the Mar-a-Lago documents case on Friday gave former President Donald Trump and special counsel Jack Smith a few days of additional time to submit one final document in a long-running dispute that has taken up substantial time, docketing, and motions practice during pretrial proceedings in the high-profile legal battle.
In a terse, “paperless minute entry,” following a four-hour-long hearing, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon directed both parties to take their final stab at Trump’s motion to dismiss the indictment based on the theory that Smith was unlawfully appointed to his position.
“On or before June 24, 2024, Defendant Trump and the Special Counsel each may file a separate notice of supplemental authority, not to exceed five double-spaced pages, with any discrete citations to statutory or decisional authority,” the order reads. “The notice(s) shall be prepared in list/bullet form with citations only, and without advocacy, although appropriate headings are permitted for organizational purposes.”
The Trump-appointed judge’s order extending the long-shot dismissal bid into next week was just one of many Friday developments in the serially delayed case against the 45th president.
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