Special counsel, Trump attorneys due back in court for key hearing on handling of classified information
Donald Trump's lawyers and the special counsel in the classified documents probe will meet for a key hearing Tuesday on how classified materials will be handled at trial. Former President Donald Trump's attorneys and the special counsel who indicted him over his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House are set to convene in federal court Tuesday for a key hearing on how classified materials will be shared between the parties as the case moves towards trial. While the hearing is mostly a routine conference in the pretrial process for any case involving classified information, special counsel Jack Smith's office described it in a recent filing as a "crucial step" in their prosecution of Trump and his codefendant, longtime aide Walt Nauta. At the top of the agenda will be hashing out how the national security law known as the Classified Information Procedures Act, or CIPA, will impact the case in the months ahead -- balancing Trump and Nauta...