Today, Donald Trump was rebuked by the one judge who he was hoping might give him a leg up.

In a new decision this afternoon, Judge Aileen Cannon appears to have basically ignored

one of the Trump team's most brazen requests in the entire classified documents case.

Last month, Trump's lawyers asked Judge Cannon to allow Mr. Trump to view the classified

documents at issue in his Mar-a-Lago club while he prepares for trial.

Now, that request was fairly outlandish given the fact that the charges in that case all stem

from Trump's decision to take classified documents down to Mar-a-Lago in the very first place.

Special counsel Jack Smith's team argued that those documents should be treated like all

other highly classified material, and that Trump's team should only be able to view them in a

sensitive, compartmental information facility, what is known as a skiff.

Well, today, Judge Cannon issued her decision on this matter, and it is important to note here that

Judge Cannon did not specifically deny Trump's request to look at classified documents at a

floor of each club, but she did not grant it either. This is from her decision. Any classified

information with the defense discusses with any classified information the defense discusses

with the defendant in any way shall be handled in accordance with this order, including such

requirements as confining all discussions, documents, and materials to an accredited skiff or

other location authorized by the security officer in charge of classified material in this case.

A rough translation of that might be unless a security official deems otherwise,

that bathroom with the chandelier is not a secure place to look at classified Iranian war plans.

So, apart from the fact that Judge Cannon does not seem to be playing ball with Trump's most

bonkers requests here, this decision also signals that the prosecution can finally begin

laying out the evidence they would like to use in this case, including which of the classified

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