Judge Aileen Cannon is asking the Justice Department and Donald Trump codefendant Walt Nauta to weigh in on the legality of special counsel Jack Smiths ongoing grand jury activity in Washington DC which relates to the obstruction portion of the MaraLago documents case before her in Florida . Nautas lawyers must address the legal propriety of using an outofdistrict grand jury proceeding to continue to investigate andor to seek postindictment hearings on matters pertinent to the instant indicted matter in this district . The special counsel must reply by August . The Justice Department previously flagged to Cannon the possibility of a conflict of interest because Nauts lawyer Stanley Woodward has represented others who are likely to be witnesses against him and Trump at trial . Trump now faces felony counts alleging he illegally retained national defense information and that he concealed documents in violation of witnesstampering laws in the Justice Departments probe into the materials . He Trump and NautA have pleaded not guilty to all charges . The prosecution is set to be arraigned on Thursday . De Oliveira is set for arraignment on Thursday. De Oliveir is set . to be a third defendant MaraLago employee and witness Yuscil Taveras was moved to another lawyer after a recent proceeding before the judge in Washington has confirmed that he received a target letter after the June indictment of Trump and Trump has been indicted . Taver as a new lawyer was moved . to a federal judge has received a ‘target letter after he was caught up with a new lawyers. Tavas. Taveris. The new lawyer. Trump is scheduled to be caught up in a federal court in Washington. The judge has been accused of refusing to cooperate with investigators. The prosecution has been described as ‘undefined
Judge Cannon asks about legality of using DC grand jury in Mar-a-Lago case
