Trump's Lawyers Accuse Special Counsel of Concealing Evidence, Allege Bias in Classified Documents Case

Legal experts suggest Judge Aileen Cannon is 'slow-walking' the trial, while Trump's defense strategy targets the Biden administration and intelligence community.

Donald Trump's lawyers have accused special counsel Jack Smith of concealing evidence and collaborating with the Biden administration in the case concerning Trump's handling of classified documents.
Trump's lawyers have requested additional evidence of bias and political animus, claiming that documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request reveal politically motivated operatives in the Biden Administration and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) have been involved in pushing the classified documents probe since 2021.
Legal experts have accused US District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed by Trump, of 'slow-walking' the trial and showing bias through her decisions that will inevitably delay the scheduled May 20 trial.
Trump's defense strategy in his Mar-a-Lago documents case accuses the Biden administration of 'collusion' and seeks to show 'bias' from the intelligence community.
Trump's lawyers plan to argue that prosecutors carried out a 'politically motivated and biased' investigation into his handling of classified documents, with the intent to damage the former president’s 2024 campaign.