INVESTIGATION/LEGAL: “A federal judge on Monday [June 26, 2023] rejected a request from special counsel Jack Smith to keep secret a list of 84 potential witnesses in the prosecution of former President Donald Trump over his handling of classified documents.
Federal prosecutors had asked U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, to keep under seal a list of witnesses who Trump is barred from communicating with directly about the case.
In her order, Cannon said prosecutors failed to explain why it was necessary to keep the names under wraps, or why redacting or partially sealing the document would be inadequate.”
-Zoë Richards, “Judge in Trump docs case denies special counsel’s request to keep list of 84 witnesses under wraps,” nbcnews.com, June 26, 2023