Judge holds sealed hearing on Trump's efforts to have documents case dismissed

DEPARTMENT SEES AS LEGAL PROCESS GOING FORWARD BUT CLEARLY THIS IS HAVING A POLITICAL CLIMATE THAT NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU. >>> THE JUDGE OVERSEEING FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE HELD A SEALED HEARING TODAY ON TRUMP'S EFFORTS TO HAVE THE ENTIRE CASE DISMISSED. OVERNIGHT PROSECUTORS FILED NEVER BEFORE SEEN PICTURES OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS FOUND DURING THE FBI 2022 MAR-A-LAGO SEARCH. THIS WAS IN RESPONSE OF THE FORMER PRESIDENTS CLAIMED THAT INVESTIGATORS MISHANDLED THE MATERIALS FOUND IN BOXES. OUR CAMPAIGN REPORTER IS OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE IN FORT PIERCE. CATCH US UP TO SPEED ON THESE FILINGS. >> Reporter: HELLO. LAST NIGHT, JACK SMITH SUBMITTED A FILING IN WHICH HE RESPONDED TO A CLAIM BY TRUMP THAT THIS INDICTMENT, YET ANOTHER EFFORT TO DISMISS THE INDICTMENT -- FIRST OF ALL, AND IT'S BECAUSE TRUMP SAID HIS DUE PROCESS RIGHTS HAVE BEEN VIOLATED BY THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THEY TAMPERED WITH THE CONTENTS OF THESE BOXES FOUND DURING THE MAR-A-LAGO SEARCH AND IN WHICH THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS WERE FOUND. HE ALSO SAYS THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE HAD A MEETING WHERE THE ORDER OF THE CONTENTS WERE DISCUSSED AND HE DID NOT RECEIVE THE NOTES. HE SAYS ALL OF THIS IS A REASON THEY SHOULD DISMISS THIS CASE COMPLETELY BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE HAS BEEN SPOILED JACK SMITH FILING WAS SHARPLY WORDED. FIRST OF ALL HE SAID TRUMP IS OFFERING NO CASES THAT SUPPORT THIS CLAIM AND THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE AND THAT THE 11th CIRCUIT, WHICH IS WHAT JUDGE CANNON SCORED IN, HAS NEVER FOUND THE GOVERNMENT VIOLATED A DEFENDANT OFFICE DUE PROCESS RIGHTS BY LOSING OR DESTROYING EVIDENCE. THE PROSECUTION FILED EXHIBITS OVER REQUEST FOR A GAG ORDER. WHAT DID THEY SHOW? >> Reporter: THESE WERE SUPPLEMENTAL EXHIBITS TO A HEARING WE HAD YESTERDAY BECAUSE THE PROSECUTION IS ASKING THE JUDGE TO BAR TRUMP FROM MAKING STATEMENTS THAT COULD PUT FBI AGENTS ENDANGER. ONE ISSUE THAT THE JUDGE HAD YESTERDAY WAS FINDING THE LINK BETWEEN TRUMP'S STATEMENTS AND THE FACT THEY COULD ACTUALLY LEAD TO THESE THREATS. THE PROSECUTION SUBMITTED TRUTH SOCIAL POSTS FROM TRUMP IN WHICH TRUMP IS TALKING ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE RECEIVE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY. SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF HOW EVERYONE HEARS WHAT HE HAS TO SAY AND QUICKLY. AND THIS IS REALLY JUST TO SHOW THE LINK HERE THAT WHEN TRUMP SAYS SOMETHING, PEOPLE HEAR IT AND IT COULD BE ACTED UPON LEADING TO ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF THESE FBI AGENTS. >> WE DON'T KNOW HOW THE JUDGE WILL RULE OR WHEN BUT WHAT IS YOUR READ ON HOW THIS COULD GO? >> Reporter: IN TERMS OF THIS EFFORT TO LIMIT TRUMP'S STATEMENTS, YESTERDAY'S HEARING WAS REALLY CONTENTIOUS AND JUDGE CANNON DID NOT SEEM RECEPTIVE TO MAKING THIS CHANGE. SHE WAS ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE FIRST AMENDMENT ASPECT OF THIS BECAUSE TRUMP'S TEAM WAS ARGUING THIS WOULD BE CHILLING ON HIS FREE-SPEECH RIGHT BEFORE THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE THAT'S COMING UP THIS WEEK, BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, AND WHILE HE IS CAMPAIGNING. SO, I DON'T KNOW THAT SHE WILL BE INCLINED TO GRANT THAT ASKED. IN TERMS OF THE OTHER THINGS WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT WHICH IS TRUMP TRYING TO GET THE WHOLE INDICTMENT DISMISSED BECAUSE HE SAID THAT JACK'S MATH HAS BEEN UNLAWFULLY APPOINTED AND IS BEING UNLAWFULLY FUNDED, SHE SEEMED SKEPTICAL OF SOME OF TRUMP'S ARGUMENTS, BUT ALSO SEEM TO TAKE THEM VERY SERIOUSLY. SHE WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT MERRICK GARLAND'S OVERSIGHT OF SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH, AS WELL AS ABOUT THE FUNDING OF JACK SMITH . HOW MUCH MONEY IS BEING SPENT ON THESE INVESTIGATIONS. WHO IS ACCOUNTING FOR IT. IF SHE SAYS HE CAN NO LONGER BE PAID FROM THIS ESSENTIALLY INDEFINITE FUND THAT IS FUNDING , CURRENTLY COMING OUT OF, HOW COULD THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CONTINUE TO FUND THE INVESTIGATION. PAYMENT FOR THE RECORD WE HAVE TO BE QUICK. ALL SPECIAL COUNCILS COME FROM THIS FUND, RIGHT? >> YES. AND THIS WAS THE ARGUMENT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL TEAM MADE. THIS IS A LONG-STANDING, HISTORICAL PRACTICE. IT'S BEEN DONE FOR YEARS

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Keywords: Donald Trump, aileen cannon, miami, Florida, Mar-a-Lago, jack smith, FBI, Classified Documents, motion to dismiss, Miami, Jack Smith, CBS News, U.S., Politics

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Length: 4min 26sec (266 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 25 2024