FORT PIERCE, Fla. — U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon dived into the minutiae of the Justice Department budget at a morning hearing about former president Donald Trump’s indictment for mishandling classified documents.
The proceeding, which lasted more than an hour and a half, was about Trump’s efforts to dismiss the indictment against him based on the claim that special counsel Jack Smith’s office was improperly funded.
Cannon is due to hold a separate hearing Monday afternoon on the government’s request for a court order barring him from making unfounded accusations against the FBI — a hot-button topic just days before Trump is due to face off on live television against President Biden in the first presidential debate between the presumptive candidates of the major parties.
The proceeding, which lasted more than an hour and a half, was about Trump’s efforts to dismiss the indictment against him based on the claim that special counsel Jack Smith’s office was improperly funded.
Cannon is due to hold a separate hearing Monday afternoon on the government’s request for a court order barring him from making unfounded accusations against the FBI — a hot-button topic just days before Trump is due to face off on live television against President Biden in the first presidential debate between the presumptive candidates of the major parties.