Jack Smith just put Judge Cannon 'on notice' that she 'crossed the line': expert

Jack Smith is done asking.

The special prosecutor — criminally prosecuting former President Donald Trump for allegedly obstructing the government about his banker boxes filled with classified documents at Mar-a-Lago — is standing up.

Joyce Vance, a former federal prosecutor who appeared on MSNBC, talked about Smith's filings adopting a "strident overtone" in "deliverance of a strategic decision."

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And that is to make sure she's aware her actions carry major ramifications.

"They're putting her on notice that she has crossed the line at the won't tolerate the commission of clear error," she said.

In one of his recent court filings, he has directly challenged U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon for cavalierly failing to redact and protect the the identities of witnesses and investigators to their potential detriment.

Her action, he writes in court papers, would subject witnesses in the case to “significant and immediate risks of threats, intimidation, and harassment."

For Vance, it's clear that Smith isn't holding back his discontent and wants it to be known to Cannon head-on that she won't stand for it.

"You know, Judge Cannon is the audience for, I think, Jack Smith's increasing outrage this week," she said, adding that Smith has broken courtesy of being "very measured" with these filings. "It's in this motion, it's in a squabble over potentially releasing the names of witnesses."

It's unclear when or how Cannon will respond to Smith’s demand regarding the material remaining under seal.

But Vance believes should the judge stall, Smith could go around her to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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