U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, asked the Justice Department to explain its use of grand juries in both Florida and Washington. Judge demands answers about DOJ's Mar-a-Lago probe:
US District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, on Monday ordered both sides to file briefs on how Special Counsel John “Jack” Smith’s team used a grand jury in Washington to continue gathering evidence after it had already indicted Trump in Florida using a grand jury in Miami.
Special counsel spokesperson Peter Carr said in an email that Smith’s office “will respond at the appropriate time through a filing with the court.”Cannon’s order was prompted by a request by Smith’s team last week for a hearing on whether there were conflict of interest problems related to Stanley Woodward, a lead attorney for Trump’s co-defendant and personal aide Waltine “Walt” Nauta.
Woodward declined to comment. A Trump spokesperson didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.In its motion last week, the government confirmed it continued to use grand juries in Florida and Washington after indicting Trump on June 8 “to investigate further obstructive activity.” Trump and Nauta are charged with trying to interfere with efforts by federal officials to retrieve classified documents after Trump left the White House.
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