District judge Aileen Cannon issued a testy response to the special counsel’s warning about Donald Trump.
A prosecutor on special counsel Jack Smith’s team made a filingThursday morning bringing to Cannon’s attention a motion filed in Trump’s case in Washington, D.C., case seeking a pause to all proceedings and warned the judge not to be “manipulated” by the former president’s arguments – and she didn’t seem to appreciate the suggestion.
“Except as authorized by Court order, the substantive content of any such notice (or response) may not exceed 200 words and may not be used as a surreply absent leave of court,” Cannon wrote. “Future non-compliant notices or unauthorized filings will be stricken without further notice.”
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Cannon cited the Ninth District Court of Appeals rule on notices of supplemental authority to justify her “too long, didn’t read” response to Bratt’s two-page filing, which ran to 219 words, including citations.