FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A judge on Thursday scolded federal prosecutors in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump as she abruptly postponed a hearing to determine if the lawyer for a co-defendant had a conflict of interest.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon accused prosecutors of “wasting the court's time” by raising new arguments that they had not made in earlier court filings.
She said she would set a hearing for a later date for Walt Nauta, a Trump valet charged with conspiring with Trump to conceal classified documents from investigators.
Both men were charged alongside Trump with obstructing government efforts to recover classified documents hoarded at Mar-a-Lago, the former president's Florida estate.
De Oliveira is accused of lying to investigators when he claimed — falsely, prosecutors say — he hadn’t even seen boxes moved into Mar-a-Lago after Trump left the White House.
Persons:
—, Donald Trump, Aileen Cannon, Walt Nauta, Trump, Jack Smith’s, Carlos De Oliveira, De Oliveira, John Irving, Cannon, Irving, Nauta, incriminated Trump, Woodward, ___ Tucker
Organizations:
Trump, Prosecutors, U.S, White, FBI, Justice Department, Department
Locations:
PIERCE, Fla, U.S, Mar, Florida, Washington