Judge Denies One of Trump's Attempts to Dismiss Classified Documents Charges
Judge Cannon rejects Trump’s attack on the Espionage Act
U.S. District Court Judge Aileen M. Cannon on Thursday shot down one of Donald Trump’s bids to toss out the charges against him for allegedly mishandling classified documents, rejecting his claims that the Espionage Act was unfairly vague when used against a former president.
Judge denies Trump’s motion to dismiss classified docs case
A federal judge Thursday denied one of Donald Trump’s motions to throw out charges in his classified documents prosecution.
Trump’s attorneys asserted the former president’s actions were carried out within the scope of his presidential duties. Prior to the ruling, federal Judge Aileen Cannon pressed the jury on why she should drop the case and not have it go to a jury trial.
Federal judge rejects Trump’s bid to toss out classified docs case for now: ‘An extraordinary step’
A federal judge in South Florida partially spurned former President Donald Trump’s bid Thursday to toss out the criminal charges against him for his hoarding of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Trump-appointed US District Judge Aileen Cannon concluded that the 45th president’s team wanted her to decide “prematurely” on their claim that special counsel Jack Smith’s indictment charging Trump, 77, with wilfull retention of national defense information was unconstitutionally vague.