Brandon Van Grack spoke to ABC News about the summons sent to former President Trump and his legal team, which indicated that U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon will be assigned to oversee his case.
In addition to Cannon, Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart's name also appeared on the summons, which could reflect the fact that both have already played roles in the proceedings.
"If the case is being overseen by the same district and magistrate judges, that means the court likely considered the indictment to be 'related' to the search warrant and intentionally assigned it to those judges," Brandon said.
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