Article 6FGHQ Judge to hear conflict-of-interest questions in Trump documents case

Judge to hear conflict-of-interest questions in Trump documents case

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Hugo Lowell in Fort Pierce, Florida
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Prosecutors say lawyers for co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira had conflicts of interest and should be ordered off case

A federal judge was expected on Thursday to weigh whether the lawyers for Donald Trump's two co-defendants, charged with trying to obstruct the US justice department from retrieving classified documents from his Mar-a-Lago club, had conflicts of interest and should be ordered off the case.

The hearings - at 1pm and 3pm ET - are notable because an adverse decision by the US district judge Aileen Cannon could have major ramifications: Trump's lawyers are in an informal joint defense agreement with his co-defendants' lawyers, which could be upended if new lawyers were to come in.

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