By Rose Volstorf,  El Cajon

June 13, 2023 (El Cajon) -- “This is secret information. Look, look at this.”

Those are the words of former president Donald Trump, captured on tape, while he was showing stolen classified documents to others in a meeting at his private club, Mar-a-Lago. This is one of the many disturbing details in the recent indictment against Trump, where he is charged with 37 federal crimes, including obstruction of justice and violations of the Espionage Act.

The classified documents included information about U.S. and foreign defense and weapons capabilities, U.S. nuclear secrets, potential military vulnerabilities, and response plans for a possible foreign attack against the U.S. That’s just plain terrifying.

By Jacob Pamus and Miriam Rafery

Photo:  Judge Aileen M. Cannon, official portrait via U.S. Southern District Court in Florida

June 12,2023 (Washington D.C.) --The federal judge in Florida’s Southern District who is handling Donald Trumps’ indictment over classified documents at his home is Judge Aileen M. Cannon, who was appointed by Trump in 2020. She is slated to preside over Trump's arraignment tomorrow afternoon. Trump has denied guilt in public statements since being informed of the indictment.

Last year, Judge Cannon ruled in favor  of allowing Trump to have a special master review documents seized by the FBI from his Mar-a-Lago home. This temporarily halted prosecutors’ investigation into the stolen documents. The Justice Department said that this decision, one of several pro-Trump rulings made by Cannon, would “significantly harm important governmental interests, including national security interests."

Her ruling was overturned by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the11th Circuit, which found that Cannon had  "improperly exercised equitable jurisdiction." The Appeals court judges, including Trump appointees, ordered Cannon to lift the block she had imposed on prosecutors’ accessing the documents.