Judge is playing a dangerous game by allowing to make false statements about the FBI, a former prosecutor has said. Joyce Vance added that a Trump supporter could injure an FBI agent after the Republican falsely said that the agency was instructed to during a raid on his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Cannon, a Trump appointee, is overseeing the Mar-a-Lago case, in which prosecutor accuses the former president of , hoarding them at his Mar-a-Lago resort and obstructing attempts by federal officials to retrieve them.
Trump, the presumptive candidate in the 2024 presidential election, has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. He has and has said the documents he retained were personal. sought email comment from Trump's attorney on Monday.
Smith has filed a motion in court seeking to amend Trump's bail conditions so that the Republican can no longer be permitted to make false statements about the FBI. That followed the unsealing of an FBI search warrant application, which said that agents were trained to use lethal force if necessary. Such language is standard for such applications and appears on one when FBI agents were seeking to recover presidential papers from President .
Cannon has already received submissions from prosecutors and Trump's lawyers, and she has delayed the bail adjustment request by three weeks while she requests further submissions. "No one will ever accuse her of dealing with matters in an expeditious fashion. But she plays a dangerous and disingenu.