U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon will allow an attorney representing several media outlets to weigh in on issues relating to access to filings in former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago classified documents case.
In the filing, Cannon notes that the media coalition "moves for leave to intervene in this matter on a tentative basis and for the limited purposes of (1) providing the Court with argument regarding those access issues on behalf of the press and public; and (2) ensuring that the press and public receive 'an opportunity to be heard on the question of their exclusion' prior to any closure of the Scheduling Conference itself."
Cannon decided that the relief is similar to what courts have granted in past cases, and will allow them to present argument tomorrow.
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The news was also reported by Politico's Kyle Cheney, who said Thursday, "Judge Cannon will permit a lawyer for a coalition of media outlets to present argument tomorrow on issues related to access/sealing of Trump case filings."
Cannon, a right-wing South Florida judge appointed by Trump himself, has come under intense scrutiny for a number of controversial decisions that appear to give Trump preferential treatment over other defendants, even at one point trying to block the FBI from reviewing classified materials seized from Mar-a-Lago before an appellate panel stopped her.
She is soon scheduled to review several trial dates, and there is a broad expectation that she could push back the current date in May to begin the trial.
All of that being the case, Cannon has recently delivered some wins for special counsel Jack Smith, as well, including a ruling that blocked Trump's attorneys from a potential stall tactic to combine a number of unreviewed grievances into pretrial motions.
