Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Jack Smith's Last-Ditch Attempt to Damage Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : "The judge instructs the jury from the outset that the allegations are proof of nothing; that the defendant is presumed innocent; that the prosecutor bears the burden of proving the case in the courtroom, not on paper; that the defense has a right to object to testimony and documents, and therefore such evidence is irrelevant until the court has ruled on those objections; and that the only thing that matters is the jury's assessment of the testimony and other evidence as they are admitted in the courtroom," the former prosecutor wrote.Smith's final report likely will include all he deems as evidence against Trump, without the protections the defendant would have in a courtroom.
30% : The report is expected to cover Smith's prosecutions of Trump concerning his alleged mishandling of classified documents, which the special counsel's office brought in Florida, and Trump's alleged interference in the 2020 election, which Smith filed in Washington, D.C.Cannon -- who dismissed the classified documents case in July -- said in her Tuesday order she was blocking the report from being released "to prevent irreparable harm arising from the circumstances as described in the current record in this emergency posture, and to permit an orderly and deliberative sequence of events.
24% : Last month, Smith formally dropped charges against Trump in both the classified documents case and the 2020 election interference case.
19% : Trump pleaded not guilty in July 2023 to 37 counts of mishandling classified materials.

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