Former President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to attend a hearing in his classified documents case that will be held in a secure room in Florida on Monday.
Chairman of the Republican Executive Committee of St. Lucie, Kenny Nail, said he received a message from one of Trump’s lawyers saying that the former president would attend the hearing in person, according to WPBF.
Presided over by District Judge Aileen Cannon — a Trump appointee — the 9:30 a.m. hearing will be held in a highly secure room known as the Sensitive Compartment Information Facility, or SCIF, at the federal courthouse in Fort Pierce, Florida, ABC News reported.
The hearing will focus on laws that protect confidential information from being revealed in court.
Defense attorneys representing Trump and his two co-defendants — Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira — will present arguments about how classified information “might be relevant to assist the defense.”
Nauta, Trump’s valet, and De Oliveira, the property manager of the former president’s estate in West Palm Beach, Fla., will not attend because they do not have security clearance to listen to classified information.
Special counsel Jack Smith will then present his argument to keep classified information confidential.
Donald Trump is expected to attend a hearing in Fort Pierce, Florida, in his classified documents case Monday. AP
Judge Cannon previously ruled that the Justice Department must release unredacted documents in the case at the request of Trump and media organizations.
Smith filed a motion with the judge on Thursday asking him to reconsider his order, arguing that filing discovery material on public documents without redaction would reveal the identities of potential witnesses, “exposing them to a significant and immediate risk of threats, intimidation and harassment.”
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“This risk is far from speculative in this case,” Smith wrote in his filing. “Witnesses, agents, and judicial officers in this case have been harassed and intimidated, and the departure of additional witnesses will pose an unbearable risk of changing their lives.”
Trump, 77, was indicted in June for allegedly storing hundreds of classified documents throughout his Mar-a-Lago property, including in the bathroom, and thwarting government efforts to obtain them.
The former president has been accused of mishandling classified records found at his Mar-a-Lago estate. AP
Nauta and De Oliveira are accused of helping their boss hide documents.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges, claiming that they were politically motivated.
The case is scheduled for trial on May 20 but may be postponed.
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