Judge Aileen Cannon, the Trump appointee overseeing the Mar-a-Lago documents case, rejected a request from special counsel Jack Smith's team to shield the identity of dozens of witnesses with whom the former president has been barred from discussing his case.
Cannon, who has only 14 days of trial experience, denied Smith's request on Monday in the Southern District of Florida. The New York Times reported that Cannon's ruling means that "some or all" of the list containing 84 witnesses could eventually become public, which could become an issue given the ex-president's propensity to openly target and harass people who might speak against him.
