Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon handed prosecutors in his Mar-a-Lago case a shocking ultimatum on Monday.

TheĀ MAGA-friendlyĀ federal judge whoĀ keeps sidingĀ withĀ Donald TrumpĀ in his Mar-a-Lago classified records case has forced prosecutors to make a stark choice: allow jurors to see a huge trove of national secrets or let him go.

U.S. District JudgeĀ Aileen M. Cannonā€™sultimatum Monday night came as a surprise twist in what could have been a simple order; one merely asking federal prosecutors and Trumpā€™s lawyers for proposed jury instructions at the upcoming trial.

But asĀ sheĀ hasĀ done repeatedly, Cannon used this otherwise innocuous legal step as yet another way to swing the case wildly in favor of the man who appointed her while he was president.

Department of Justice Special CounselĀ Jack SmithĀ must now choose whether to allow jurors at the upcoming criminal trial to peruse the many classified records found at the former presidentā€™s South Florida mansion or give jurors instructions that would effectively order them to acquit him.

  • Greyghoster
    104Ā·
    3 months ago

    Grounds to have her replaced? Most people know that top secret means security clearance.

      • thefartographer@lemm.ee
        24Ā·
        3 months ago

        Thatā€™s some pretty old-fashioned thinking. That purse could now be owned by anyone named Property of US Govt: Top Secret

    • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today
      2Ā·
      3 months ago

      There is also the whole CIPA System for presenting classified documents in summation or censored format, but Judge Cannon is at least implying that the Jury should see the entire document.