According to a Fox News report, Judge Aileen Cannon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, who is presiding over Donald Trump’s classified documents case, has expanded a hearing for later this month to focus on whether the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith was unlawful and invalid.
From Fox News:
Upon postponing the trial, Cannon scheduled deadlines for reports on June 10 and 17 – and a non-evidentiary hearing on a motion to dismiss on June 21 – “based on unlawful appointment and funding of special counsel.”
Cannon has expanded that June 21 hearing to allow amici to argue before the court, as well as Trump defense attorneys and federal prosecutors.
Former Attorney General Ed Meese, who served under former President Reagan, filed an amicus brief in the case, in which he argues that Attorney General Merrick Garland’s appointment of Smith as special counsel – a private citizen at the time – is in violation of the Appointments Clause of the Constitution.
“Not clothed in the authority of the federal government, Smith is a modern example of the naked emperor,” the brief states.
“Improperly appointed, he has no more authority to represent the United States in this Court than Bryce Harper, Taylor Swift, or Jeff Bezos,” they argued.
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Trump classified docs judge expands hearing to consider 'unlawful' appointment of Special Counsel Jack Smith https://t.co/9HOOC1GjjS
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