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...

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. NewsNation confirmed Trump was in attendance at the hearing in a Florida federal courtroom. No...

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. In a brief written order‚ Cannon said some of Trump’s arguments warrant “serious consideration‚” but added it was too early to dismiss charges based on disagreements over the definition of some terms used in the...

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