A federal judge rejects Donald Trump's attempt to dismiss his classified documents criminal case and shows skepticism towards another effort to scuttle the prosecution. The judge states that the arguments raised by the Trump team do not warrant a dismissal of charges. The case involves highly classified records taken by Trump to his Mar-a-Lago estate after leaving the White House.
A federal judge on Thursday rejected one bid by Donald Trump to throw out out his classified documents criminal case , and appeared skeptical during hours of arguments of a separate effort to scuttle the prosecution ahead of trial. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon issued a two-page order saying that though the Trump team had raised “various arguments warranting serious consideration,” a dismissal of charges was not merited.
The case involves boxes of records, some highly classified, that Trump took to his Mar-a-Lago estate when he left the White House. Cannon, who was appointed to the bench by the former president, had made clear during more than three-and-a-half hours of arguments that she was reluctant to dismiss one of the four criminal cases against the 2024 presumptive Republican presidential nomine
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