Tonight, stunning new images unsealed in former President Trump's classified
documents.
Case appearing to show his longtime assistant Walt Nada moving
boxes of classified materials out of storage at his Mar
A Lago home,
where they were set to be reviewed by Trump's attorneys
and handed over to federal authorities.
Nada charged by special counsel Jack Smith with conspiring to
help former President Trump retain and concealed classified documents after
Trump left office.
Today, Nada and Trump's legal team in a Florida court
asking Judge Aileen Cannon to dismiss the case for what
they say is prosecutorial misconduct,
accusing special counsel Jack Smith,
the Biden administration and the National Archives of colluding to
prevent Mr.
Trump from winning the 2024 election,
which the prosecution has denied.
Deranged Jack Smith, he's a,
he's a deranged human being.
He's a huge record of failure because he goes so
far out
and people end up
not being convicted. He goes too far.
Not as counsel in court today,
arguing he was only indicted as retaliation for not cooperating
with the government,
sparking an explosive exchange. Prosecutor David Harbach calling the defense
team's reasoning a garbage argument and a fantasy.
Judge Cannon at one point saying to Harbach,
I'm going to ask that you calm down.
The new documents unsealed Tuesday,
also revealing more classified materials,
were found in Trump's bedroom at Mar a Lago months
after the FBI raided the estate.
A District Court judge overseeing the grand jury in the
case writing no excuses provided as to how the former
president could miss the classified marked documents found in his
own bedroom at Mar a Lago.
The photos and additional documents are just more evidence in
this documents case.
The real challenge for the government isn't assembling evidence.
So far, it's been getting the case moving forward to
trial.
I'm thrilled to be back.
The former president has sought to delay the start of
the trial,
originally slated to begin May 20th,
until after the election. Earlier this month,
Judge Cannon indefinitely suspending the trial date bogged down and
unresolved issues about the case.
It's a fair criticism that Judge Aileen Cannon has delayed
this case longer than was necessary.
It's been suggested that because Judge Cannon is a new
judge that she may be taking longer with these motions
and issues than another more experienced judge might.
Trump also seizing on the new trove of documents lashing
out on Truth Social overnight.
The former president posting that the unsealed documents revealed a
plot from the FBI to use deadly force in the
raid of Mar a Lago.
The FBI quickly debunking that claim,
issuing a rare statement saying the FBI followed standard protocol
in this search,
as we do for all search warrants,
which includes a standard policy statement limiting the use of
deadly force.
No one ordered additional steps to be taken and there
was no departure from the norm in this matter.
And Tom, at the end of the day,
Judge Cannon said she would take all of these arguments
under advisement,
did not say when we would get a ruling.
So really it could come anytime she decides to.
This has been, as you heard from Danny,
they're a pretty drawn out process.
So no idea when an actual ruling could come down.
What I can say, though,
is that these are not the first motions to dismiss.
The defense has tried this before,
and she has shot down previous motions to dismiss in
this case.