BREAKING: Judge In Trump Case Issue First Massive Ruling

Hey ladies and gentlemen, Carmine Sabia here for Explain America and Judge Eileen Cannon

has issued her first major decision in the Department of Justice vs. Donald Trump case

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So Judge Eileen Cannon issued a decree today and it did not sit well with the people at

CNN, let's put it that way. Apparently, she has issued a decree for Trump's attorneys, the defense attorneys, to get in

touch with the Justice Department and it's very procedural. It's just to set up some kind of security clearances

But what CNN is saying, and it's true, the decisions that this judge makes can set this

case back a long time. Jack Smith wants a speedy trial. He wants this done before the election because if Trump gets the election and wins, this

case is dead. So he needs to get this done beforehand and I'm certain there's a lot of pressure on good

old Jackie boy to do just that. However, it doesn't seem to be working out for him and the people at CNN, they're not

too happy about it. Let's listen to him explain. Read with us on this story

Paula, tell us what you've learned here. Well, it's the first time we're hearing from Judge Cannon since former President Trump

entered his not guilty plea through his lawyer in this case. And here she is setting a scheduling deadline for the lawyers to try to get their clearances

in place, right? This is a national security case. They have to have a proper clearances

And this is something that the Justice Department can actually help to expedite. But first, of course, former President Trump has to finalize his legal team

And we know that Judge Cannon, she's under enormous scrutiny, right? She was appointed by former President Trump

Her one decision in a matter related to this case was heavily criticized and eventually overturned

And what's interesting about this is scheduling, right? This is two days after the arraignment and she's giving them five days to give her an update

That's a pretty, that's a pretty swift pace and pacing scheduling. While it sounds so in the weeds, it really is one of the ways that she can influence

this case because one of the key tensions here is timing and the speed with which this

is going to proceed. Jack Smith has said he wants a speedy trial, but we know former President Trump has every

incentive to try to drag this out. And the speed with which she schedules hearings, files her orders, that's one way this can

be delayed. But look, Trump, he has some tricks too, right? If he takes too long to potentially select his lawyers, that can drag this out a little

bit and normally I would say, look, this is really in the weeds. This is highly technical

But these little decisions can impact the timing of this case and the timing of this

case could have enormous implications for this country depending if it goes before

or after the election. That's right. And we talked to legal experts and they're kind of split, right

Some of them say this trial will happen before the election. Some say this may stretch out until after

The point is, though, the judge is the one, right, who's going to decide that. Exactly

She gives a lot of leeway and there's not a lot of oversight. If she makes a decision on a motion or a piece of evidence, that's something that could

potentially be overturned, but no one's going to overturn, right? So here she's moving quickly, but Trump can try to drag this out depending on how long

it takes him to finally get a lawyer or two. Yeah, we'll see how long it does take

Paula, thank you for that. Boris? Now, of course, Cannon is a Trump-appointed judge and she has ruled in his favor controversially

in the past. Now, she's overseen by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, but that Court of Appeals is overseen

by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. So there's a lot of things going in Trump's favor here to get a fair trial and that's

all anybody wants here is a fair trial. Now, sometimes you have to be concerned about that when it comes to government trials, right

They go judge shopping, they get what they want. In this case, however, they didn't do that

It might cost them. Smith could have tried to do this in D.C

He could have tried to do this in New Jersey. Both would have been risky and you would have had jurisdiction issues with both

So the really only play he had that wasn't going to get hung up for a long time was Florida

and now we have to see where that lands with Judge Eileen Cannon at the helm

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