This Tuesday, the judge presiding over Donald Trump's classified documents case granted a request from his lawyers to unseal a number of classified documents related to the case -- a move that was opposed by Special Counsel Jack Smith.
Now, according legal experts cited by Newsweek, Smith could use this development to get Judge Aileen Cannon removed from the case.
Cannon's ruling stated that Smith failed "to identify the information at issue, provide any explanation about the nature of the investigation, or explain how disclosure of the code name would prejudice or jeopardize the integrity of the separate investigation (assuming it remains ongoing)."
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Atlanta-based trial attorney Ted Spaulding told Newsweek that any effort to have Cannon removed likely won't be successful.
""Certainly, it could lead to a motion by the prosecution to have the judge removed from the case since it appears the prosecution has already hinted at such a potential filing," Spaulding said.
"In my opinion, it would be surprising if the judge is actually removed based on a delay-of-case argument," he continued. "Usually, judges are only removed for conflicts of interest or other egregious behaviors in the case. Most state's procedural rules build in quite a bit of discretion in how the sitting judge handles discovery and deadlines in a case."
Read more at Newsweek.
