Judge Rejects GOP AGs Involvement in Trump Docs Case

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On Monday, the judge overseeing the special counsel's classified documents case against former US Pres. Donald Trump rejected a motion from 24 Republican attorneys general who sought to prevent the court from issuing a gag order against the defendant.¹
They filed an amicus brief earlier that day, calling the gag order request 'presumptively unconstitutional' on the grounds that attempts to stop the presumptive GOP presidential nominee from speaking out would 'harm more than just the candidate.'²
Special counsel Jack Smith last month requested that US District Judge Aileen M. Cannon prohibit Trump from making statements that could put those investigating and prosecuting the case in danger after he claimed in a campaign appeal that FBI agents were 'locked and loaded, ready to take [him] out' during the Mar-a-Lago raid.²
This week, Cannon is set to kick off a series of hearings over Smith's request for a gag order, as well as over the defense's challenge to his appointment as special counsel, and its request to throw out evidence collected by the FBI.³
On Friday, the Trump-appointee judge will hear arguments from legal scholars over whether Smith has the authority to bring criminal charges against the former president as he hasn't been Senate-confirmed as special counsel.⁴
In June last year, Trump pleaded not guilty to 37 counts related to his handling of classified documents and his refusal to return them after his presidency.³

Pro-Trump narrative, as provided by PJ Media. Despite Cannon's rejection of these attorneys general's attempt to get involved in the classified documents case, it was a noble effort by prominent Republicans to stop the lawfare the Biden administration is throwing at Trump. A gag order against someone running for the nation's highest elected office is unconstitutional, especially when requested without the backing of any evidence that anyone has felt threatened or been put in danger.
Anti-Trump narrative, as provided by MSNBC. Considering how Cannon has slow-walked hearing arguments on this issue and this entire case — not to mention her suspicious pro-Trump rulings on other matters in this case — it's surprising she rejected these efforts. However, Trump may still be able to continue making dangerous statements because there's little reason to believe she won't again rule for Trump after arguments are heard on Smith's gag order request.