The Associated Press reports:
A federal judge appeared reluctant Thursday to dismiss the classified documents prosecution of Donald Trump after his lawyers argued for hours that the case trampled on the former president’s rights.
As Trump looked on in the courtroom, his attorneys pressed U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to throw out the case, arguing he was legally entitled to keep the sensitive records he is charged with illegally retaining after he left the White House.
Cannon, who was nominated to the bench by Trump, didn’t immediately rule, but made it clear through her questions that she was skeptical of the defense effort to scuttle one of four criminal cases against the 2024 presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Cannon suggested she seemed inclined to have the disputed issues be decided by a jury.
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In the classified docs hearing, Trump attorney Todd Blanche argues “presidents since George Washington have taken materials out of the White House” at “their own discretion.”
But Judge Cannon seems skeptical of the defense’s argument: “It’s difficult to see how this gets you to…
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