监督前总统唐纳德·特朗普机密文件案的法官对特别顾问杰克·史密斯使用区外大陪审团提出质疑进行他的调查.
美国地区法官艾琳·坎农(Aileen Cannon)要求史密斯回答他的办公室使用另一个大陪审团据称继续调查特朗普的问题涉嫌处理不当尽管特朗普已经被佛罗里达州的一个独立大陪审团起诉，但他在离任后仍保留了大量机密文件。
周一早上，坎农法官发布了一项严厉的裁决，她下令将史密斯提交的两份密封文件从记录中删除。
这些文件与史密斯团队上周提出的动议有关，该动议寻求就潜在的利益冲突举行听证会，这可能是由于特朗普助手和共同被告沃尔特·诺塔(Walt Nauta)的律师——他在起诉书中与特朗普一起被指控——也代表其他可能在案件中被传唤指控诺塔的证人。
坎农在裁决中说:“特别顾问在结论中指出，补充材料应该密封，不让公众看到，以符合大陪审团的保密性，但许可动议和补充材料显然未能满足建立足够的法律或事实基础的负担，以保证密封动议和补充材料。”
坎农在裁决中要求Nauta的律师斯坦利·伍德沃德(Stanley Woodward)提出一项动议，表明他对“使用区外大陪审团程序继续调查和/或寻求与本区即时起诉事项相关的起诉后听证会的法律正当性”的担忧。
坎农说，该动议以及特朗普律师的任何相关动议将于8月17日提交。
2023年8月5日，前总统唐纳德·特朗普在南卡罗来纳州哥伦比亚举行的第56届年度银象盛会上发表讲话。
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坎农的命令没有直接解释为什么她在这个节骨眼上寻求关于使用区外大陪审团合法性的论点。
法官随后命令特别律师在8月22日或之前做出答复。
虽然坎农没有说明另一个大陪审团的位置，但美国广播公司新闻此前报道称，华盛顿特区的一个大陪审团听取了机密文件调查的密封程序
法宝不服罪检察官说，他一再拒绝归还数百份包含从美国核机密到国家国防能力等机密信息的文件，并采取措施阻挠政府收回文件的努力。
他的长期助手Nauta也对相关指控不认罪。
A替代起诉书随后指控特朗普、Nauta和特朗普Mar-a-Lago庄园的维护负责人Carlos De Oliveira犯有两项妨碍罪，理由是被告试图在2022年夏天删除Mar-a-Lago的监控录像。
特朗普否认了所有指控，并谴责调查是政治迫害。
Judge in Trump's classified documents case questions use of out-of-district grand jury in probe
The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's classified documents case is raising questions about special counsel Jack Smith's use of an out-of-district grand jury toconduct his probe.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is demanding answers from Smith on his office's use of another grand jury to purportedly continue to investigate Trump'salleged mishandlingof classified documents after leaving office, even though Trump has already been indicted on charges by a separate grand jury impaneled in Florida.
The development came in a stinging ruling Judge Cannon issued Monday morning, in which she ordered two sealed filings submitted by Smith on her docket struck from the record.
The filings were tied to the motion from Smith's team last week seeking a hearing on potential conflicts of interest that could arise due to the lawyer for Trump aide and co-defendant Walt Nauta -- who was charged in the indictment along with Trump -- also representing other witnesses who could be called against Nauta in the case.
"The Special Counsel states in conclusory terms that the supplement should be sealed from public view 'to comport with grand jury secrecy,' but the motion for leave and the supplement plainly fail to satisfy the burden of establishing a sufficient legal or factual basis to warrant sealing the motion and supplement," Cannon said in the ruling.
Cannon, in the ruling, then asked for Nauta's attorney, Stanley Woodward, to file a motion stating his concerns about "the legal propriety of using an out-of-district grand jury proceeding to continue to investigate and/or to seek post-indictment hearings on matters pertinent to the instant indicted matter in this district."
Cannon said that motion, as well as any related motions from Trump's attorneys, is due by Aug. 17.
Cannon's order didn't directly explain why she is seeking arguments at this juncture regarding the legality of using an out-of-district grand jury.
The judge then ordered the special counsel to reply on or before Aug. 22.
Although Cannon doesn't specify the location of the other grand jury, ABC News has previously reported that sealed proceedings in the classified documents probe were heard by a grand jury in Washington, D.C.
Trumppleaded not guiltyin June to 37 criminal counts related to his handling of classified materials, after prosecutors said he repeatedly refused to return hundreds of documents containing classified information ranging from U.S. nuclear secrets to the nation's defense capabilities, and took steps to thwart the government's efforts to get the documents back.
Nauta, his longtime aide, also pleaded not guilty to related charges.
Asuperseding indictmentsubsequently charged Trump, Nauta, and Carlos De Oliveira, the head of maintenance at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, with two obstruction counts based on allegations that the defendants attempted to delete surveillance video footage at Mar-a-Lago in the summer of 2022.
Trump has denied all charges and denounced the probe as a political witch hunt.
