All posts tagged "Document Retention Periods"

Judge Aileen Cannon has described two recent filings — both in support of former President Donald Trump's motion to dismiss his confidential document case — as helpful, spurring concerns among legal experts and those closely following the case.

Cannon filed to the Florida federal court Wednesday a paperless order accepting two amicus briefs, one from the America First Legal Foundation and one from former Reagan era Attorney General Ed Meese, calling on the Florida federal judge to dismiss charges against Trump, court records show.

"The Court has reviewed the motions" Cannon writes, "and finds that the proposed amicus bring to the Court's attention relevant matter that may be of considerable help to the Court in resolving the cited pretrial motions."...

The Donald Trump aide who has been purportedly identified as having witnessed the former president's classified documents in Bedminster, NJ, could "shed light on" exactly what he was holding in the now-infamous recording discussing military operations in Iran, making her testimony critical to Jack Smith's case, according to a former federal prosecutor.

Former federal prosecutor Shan Wu appeared on CNN Saturday and was asked about Susie Wiles, one Trump ally who was reportedly in the room when the audio was recorded. The host said it's not clear whether Wiles could be the source of the leak of that episode, and asked how else that Smith' prosecutors could have been clued in.

"It is hard to know. They may have been interviewing multiple people for it," Wu said, before discussing the importance of Wiles' testimony. ...

The cell phone service providers Virgin Mobile and Verizon retain the content of text messages, according to a Justice Department memo obtained by the America Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of North Carolina.