Just In - Judge In Trump Case Makes BLOCKBUSTER Decision

Hey ladies and gentlemen this is Carmine Sabia for Explain America and Judge Eileen Cannon

has just issued a massive decision that's absolutely going to affect Donald Trump's

case with Jack Smith. Before we get started please make sure you like, comment, share and subscribe

Those little things really help us out and they help our channel continue to grow

Judge Eileen Cannon has made a lot of decisions in this case that really favor former President Trump

You look at a lot of the decisions, you know, it's helping Trump delay the trial, you know

it's giving him basically the justice he's not getting in other jurisdictions because

he's actually getting his attorneys the time to review all the pertinent information

Jack Smith is the one who has gone off the rails here

He's trying to rush a case that usually takes years and cram it into a few months because

of the election. His is what is actually against the grain and not what's typically done

Not what Trump is doing. What Trump is doing is normal. What Jack Smith is trying to do is not normal

So Cannon has given Trump a lot of victories because she's trying to follow the law like it was a regular case

But she just gave Jack Smith a victory and it's a massive one because Trump wanted to

know you have a right to know who is testifying against you in this country

And Trump wanted to know that. But Cannon said after Jack Smith filed a petition saying look if Trump becomes president again

he could seek retaliation on these witnesses. Cannon actually agreed and has agreed to keep those identities private and give them aliases

and pseudonyms. So it's a rare victory for Jack Smith in this case

But we have to see where this continues to go. Let's take a look at what they're saying here on CNN and then I want you guys to give me

your opinion. Please remember to like, comment, share and subscribe. Again those little things really help us out

I'm Carmine Sabia for Explain America. We love you guys. God bless you

Take care everybody. Cara Scannell, LiveForce outside the courthouse in New York

Thanks so much Cara. Now to a rare court decision in another Trump case

This is one involving the federal prosecution of the former president for keeping hundreds

of classified documents on his property. The judge has sided with special counsel Jack Smith and has ruled that the witness list

will stay secret. We have CNN chief legal affairs correspondent Paula Reid here with more on this

Alright Paula, what does this mean for this case? So here Judge Eileen Cannon, she's the Trump appointee who's overseeing this case

She actually decided something that has been a bit of a log jam in this case and that is

whether to reveal the names of witnesses in this case. She previously said that she was going to be more transparent in this case but the special

counsel pushed back on that, reminding her that if these witnesses, some of their names

are released, they could be at risk. They could face harassment. As CNN has reported, some of these witnesses are even low level snappers at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club

So last night she said that for now, the witnesses' names will remain secret

She sides with him in this. However, there is some tension between the judge and special counsel Jack Smith

Yeah, there's a lot of tension and you can sense it in these filings

Here she admonished the special counsel for not being more clear in the past about specifically

why these witnesses needed to be protected. Of course, just about a week ago, they admonished her for not understanding the law

So there's clearly some tension. She's been under a lot of scrutiny for how she's handled this case

She still has over a dozen motions outstanding and she still has not set a trial date

We were down in court in Florida well over a month ago to hear arguments from both sides

about how far back to push this case. She still has not decided that issue

Now a question I get asked a lot is will the special counsel move to try to get her removed

from the case if they're not happy, if they think it's either her inexperience or some other issue means she's not handling this properly

There's nothing in their filings right now to indicate that they're going to make that move

But if they were to do that, they would probably need more of a record and decisions like this

where she sort of backtracks and other decisions where they believe she is wrong on the law

That would all go to support that if that's something they do down the road. The fact that there's this log jam and this sort of backup of all the motions, that wouldn't

factor into that? I mean, it's you have to it would have to speak to why