Posted on 03/14/2024 3:06:39 PM PDT by Coronal
FORT PIERCE, Florida, March 14 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday denied former U.S. President Donald Trump's request to dismiss a criminal case that charges him with illegally holding onto classified documents after leaving the White House.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon in Florida came just hours after a hearing in which his lawyers argued that the central charge in the case is improperly vague.
Cannon, who was appointed to her post by Trump, ruled that question "warrants serious consideration" but should not be decided at this point.
Trump, the Republican challenger to President Joe Biden in the November election, has pleaded not guilty to a 40-count indictment that accuses him of illegally taking sensitive government documents with him when he left the White House in 2021.
It is one of four criminal cases he faces as he tries to win back the White House.
At the hearing, Cannon also indicated she was unlikely to agree to a separate request by Trump to dismiss the case on the grounds he had deemed the documents to be "personal" rather than government property. That issue could be addressed during the trial, she said.
"It's difficult to see how this gets you to dismissal of the indictment," she told Trump's lawyers. Trump has filed a flurry of legal motions in his four criminal cases before the election. If he were to win back the presidency, he would have the power to end the two federal cases against him, though he would not be able to stop the two cases brought under state law. In this case, Trump's lawyers have made five other arguments for dismissal, which could be considered in future hearings that have not yet been scheduled.
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This is a huge ruling in favor of Jack Smith. The rats win another one. There’s no other way to see it or comprehend.
Trump will easily win the other defense motion about classified documents handling law. That law clearly allows any president to keep classified docs based on certain criteria.
Not so. Read my post #22
Yep, that seems fair. (rollong eyes)
< Friday? Tomorrow or last week? >
This ruling just came down. They were in court for this at 10 AM this morning. This was real fast for a court decision.
I’m thinking news leaked and it was supposed to be announce tomorrow.
Sort of like when they post those obits, that come true next week
And another thing don’t be listening to Julie Kelly. She has been more wrong then, right so many multiple times. Her predictions never come to light. She only gives false hope to Trump and his supporters. She is not a lawyer all she is is a glorified cook. The DC swamp has trump by the short hairs and they’re not gonna let go until he is in prison! And if you think these trials will end after the election I’ve got news for you wait until he’s in office they’re gonna make his term LITERALLY hell. 😡
What makes you so sure? And when is that hearing?
And as per Julie Kelly, the prosecution got pounded in the courtroom today by Cannon- yet criminal left wing media outlets like reuters doesn’t mention that
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4224221/posts
Pffft!! I’ll believe it when I see it. All these predictions are making us go absolutely nuts. Enough with the predictions! Let’s face facts …These bastards are not gonna let go of him until they exterminate him. Nothing else will satisfy them.
Don’t hold your breath.
U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday dismissed former President Trump’s motion to dismiss charges of retaining classified documents on the grounds of “unconstitutional vagueness.”
This is only one of two motions from Trump’s legal team. The judge has not ruled on the other motion to dismiss based on the Presidential Records Act (PRA).
Defense attorney Todd Blanche argued earlier that the Trump position is that the PRA gives the president the authority to retain documents he sees fit, and essentially take them home or out of the White House, and if that’s accurate, that alone is “fatal” to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s indictment.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-florida-judge-cannon-seems-hint-dismissal-unlikely
Did you forgot to set your calendar a day forward?
bttt
AND-——BIDEN WAS NOT THE PRESIDENT WHEN HE DID ALL OF THAT.
SOME YEARS HE WAS ONLY A SENATOR-—NOT entitled to even SEE it.
Which living American has more experience fighting frivolous law suits in courts than Trump? So long as Trump has money to litigate, he has the upper hand.
Thank you.
You are right. And what does that tell you? The Swamp is petrified at prospect of Trump winning 2nd term.
EFFIN INSANITY! Not right! This is NOT FAIR!! Why can’t this judge see that…GOOD GOSH its NOT FAIR!!!
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