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Classified Information Procedures Act

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legal1 year ago

"Trump Lawyers Struggle to Juggle Hush-Money Trial Defense and Critical Deadlines"

Donald Trump's defense lawyers are requesting to push back key Mar-a-Lago case deadlines, citing the difficulty of juggling the hush-money trial and the Espionage Act case simultaneously. Special counsel Jack Smith is urging the judge to maintain the deadlines, arguing that the defense has had ample time to meet them. The defense insists that it's virtually impossible to prepare for the required filings anywhere but in an appropriate SCIF, and that local Florida counsel are not capable of handling the remaining tasks to finalize the process.

legalpolitics1 year ago

"Judge Denies Trump's Access Request in Mar-a-Lago Classified Docs Case"

A federal judge denied Donald Trump's request to access a sensitive court filing in a case where he is charged with retaining national defense information. The filing, known as a section 4 motion under the Classified Information Procedures Act, contains classified information that prosecutors want to redact. The judge ruled that Trump's legal team could still prepare a defense without access to the filing, and rejected Trump's motion, stating that granting access would defeat the purpose of protecting national security in Espionage Act prosecutions.

politics2 years ago

Trump's Classified Documents Trial May Be Delayed Until December.

Donald Trump's legal team is seeking to delay his Mar-a-Lago trial until December 11, citing the need for interim security clearances and more time due to the Classified Information Procedures Act. Experts believe this delay, along with the already delayed hush-money trial set to begin in March 2024, may push the trials to coincide with the critical time of the Republican presidential primaries in February to June 2024.

law-and-politics2 years ago

Navigating Classified Evidence in Public Trials for Former Presidents.

The new criminal case against former President Donald Trump hinges on documents that allegedly contain some of the nation’s most sensitive secrets. The Sixth Amendment guarantees the right to a public trial, but the U.S. intelligence community wants its secrets to stay secret. In such cases, a 1980 federal law known as the Classified Information Procedures Act is supposed to balance the government’s interest in maintaining secrecy with a defendant’s right to a fair trial. CIPA will be key as the DOJ prosecutes Trump, experts on national security law told POLITICO.