The federal judge in the classified documents case against Trump just denied the Department of Justice their request for sealed filings.

Judge Aileen Cannon also forced the DOJ to justify their use of an out-of-state grand jury to continue investigating Trump in this case.

Here’s more via Fox News:

The federal judge overseeing the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump delivered multiple blows to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s efforts in a brief Monday.

Judge Aileen Cannon of the Southern District of Florida – who is presiding over the case that stems from a Miami grand jury’s June indictment of Trump – denied the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request for sealed filings, striking two from the record. Cannon also requested additional information from prosecutors about the continued use of an out-of-state grand jury to investigate the case.

“The Special Counsel states in conclusory terms that the supplement should be sealed from public view ‘to comport with grand jury secrecy,’ but the motion for leave and the supplement plainly fail to satisfy the burden of establishing a sufficient legal or factual basis to warrant sealing the motion and supplement,” Cannon wrote in the brief, denying the DOJ’s request.

“Out-of-district grand jury”

“Among other topics as raised in the Motion, the response shall address the legal propriety of using an out-of-district grand jury proceeding to continue to investigate and/or to seek post-indictment hearings on matters pertinent to the instant indicted matter in this district,” she continued in the brief.

The filing Monday came in response to the special counsel’s request for a hearing to examine defense attorney Stanley Woodward’s potential conflicts of interest. Woodward – who represents Waltine Nauta, a Trump aide listed as a co-defendant in the case – also represents three individuals who may be called to testify in the case.

Cannon gave counsel for Nauta until Aug. 17 to file a response to the motion for a hearing. She gave prosecutors until Aug. 22 to file a brief in support of the hearing.

I don’t know what this all means in the grand scheme of things but I do like the fact that this Florida federal judge isn’t just allowing the DOJ to get their way on everything, like we’ll probably see in the DC Trump case.