Judge Issues First Order in Trump Case

By all indications, it looks like the legal proceedings for former President Donald Trump's classified documents case in Florida will be kicking off sooner rather than later.

Judge Aileen Cannon, who is presiding over President Donald Trump’s classified documents case in federal court – despite calls from the Left for her to recuse herself for being a Trump appointee – has already ordered both sides to expedite security clearances for the lawyers involved.

As reported by the New York Times:

The judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump’s indictment on charges of illegally retaining national defense information issued an order on Thursday instructing any lawyer who wants to take part in the case to start the process of obtaining a security clearance to handle classified material by early next week.

The brief order by the federal judge, Aileen M. Cannon, instructed the lawyers to reach out to the Litigation Security Group at the Justice Department by Tuesday to “expedite” the process for getting a clearance.

Neither of the lawyers who appeared with Mr. Trump at his arraignment in Miami on Tuesday — Todd Blanche and Christopher M. Kise — have active security clearances, but both have been in touch with the Justice Department about getting them, a person familiar with the matter said. Mr. Blanche, a former federal prosecutor, used to have one, and a member of Mr. Kise’s law firm has one now, the person said. That member will be assisting in Mr. Trump’s case.

Meanwhile, critics on the radical Left are demanding that Judge Cannon recuse herself, stating that along with having been appointed by President Trump, she also doesn’t have what they consider enough trial experience to handle the case, along with a litany of other so-called issues.

My dad, ACLJ Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow, addressed this ridiculous accusation and their real motivation head-on:

Everybody needs to understand what’s happening here. They are pounding on Judge Cannon because they’re concerned that she’s going to actually, what, rule fairly?

Here’s the thing, this is a judge who went to Duke University undergraduate school, went to the University of Michigan, a top ten law school. Clerked for a U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the 11th Circuit. Served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney – they always leave this out – for the Southern District of Florida from 2013–2020 . . . and the ABA recognized her as qualified.

They’re saying, well, she doesn’t have a lot of trial experience. I can name you a lot of Supreme Court justices who have no trial experience as well. That’s not a qualification to be a judge. They don’t like it that they had to bring it to the Southern District of Florida as the venue because the Southern District of Florida is a better jury pool for the President.

Today’s full Sekulow broadcast includes more analysis of this first order from Judge Aileen Cannon and what it likely indicates for how soon this trial will begin. We’re also joined by ACLJ Senior Advisor for National Security and Foreign Policy Ric Grenell to discuss the news that the Biden Administration is preparing to manipulate classified data to say that the COVID virus originated from a wet market rather than the Wuhan lab.

Watch the full broadcast below: