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A former federal prosecutor predicts President Donald Trump's latest bid to keep former special counsel Jack Smith's report hidden is about to fall apart.

Harry Litman, a former U.S. attorney, said in a Thursday episode of "Talking Feds" that the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals is likely to reject a request from Trump and co-defendant Walt Nauta to delay a November 2 oral argument over the release of Volume II of Smith's report.

Volume II covers Smith's investigation into Trump's alleged hoarding of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, has blocked its release since dismissing the case on the grounds that Smith was unlawfully appointed....

President Donald Trump's "grand conspiracy" case against everyone who has prosecuted him in the past took a twist this week, as officials involved in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case sought clarification from Aileen Cannon, the far-right Trump-appointed district judge who ordered all findings from that case sealed, whether they can testify about it to the grand jury in Trump's case or communicate to their lawyers about it.

This entire situation has Cannon — and Trump — trapped in an impossible bind, former FBI agent Michael Feinberg told MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace.

"I don't even know where to begin, but I do think it's important to remind people how crazy the grand conspiracy investigation is," said Wallace. "What is the development about the FBI agents communicated on the part of their lawyer mean?"...

A former prosecutor reflected on President Donald Trump's first year in office and what he has attempted to hide.

Joyce Vance argued that it's time for the public to have more information about the Jeffrey Epstein files and the Mar-a-Lago case in her Substack Wednesday.

Trump has called on Florida federal Judge Aileen Cannon to block the Department of Justice report from special counsel Jack Smith and has acted in his "individual capacity" by filing a motion for Cannon to issue “an order prohibiting the release of Volume II of the Final Report prepared by so-called ‘Special Counsel’ Jack Smith and his office,” Vance wrote. ...

The Department of Justice is setting up President Donald Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to hear Trump revenge cases, according to a former U.S. attorney.

The Southern District of Florida U.S. Attorney’s office is reportedly ramping up the revenge prosecutions in a "mass investigation" and targeting Trump enemies, even eyeing cases against former President Barack Obama and former CIA Director John Brennan, MSNBC reported Tuesday.

The move has prompted several resignations, including two prosecutors, who stepped down from their jobs following an impromptu meeting Monday where they were ordered “to take part in a vast ‘conspiracy’ investigation into former intelligence and law enforcement officials.” ...

by Marilyn W. Thompson

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On Tuesday, a process begins that could ultimately decide whether Judge Aileen Cannon will retain control of the criminal case looking into Donald Trump's allegedly unlawful retention of White House documents, a former federal prosecutor said on Sunday.

Ex-prosecutor Joyce Vance wrote for her Substack blog that, on that day, "Special Counsel Jack Smith’s opening brief is due in the Eleventh Circuit, where he’s appealing Judge Cannon’s decision to dismiss his prosecution of Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents and obstructing the investigation into his crimes."

"Judge Cannon ruled in July that the process used to appoint the Special Counsel was unconstitutional and dismissed the case on that basis," according to Vance....