The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Trump has denied a motion to dismiss some of the charges in the indictment.
Trump’s legal team had sought to throw out more than a half dozen of the 41 counts in the indictment, which accuses the former commander in chief of illegally hoarding classified documents from his presidency and conspiring with others to conceal sensitive files from the federal government.
The defendants had challenged counts related to obstruction and false statements, but U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon issued an order Monday saying that “the identified deficiencies, even if generating some arguable confusion, are either permitted by law, raise evidentiary challenges not appropriate for disposition at this juncture, and/or do not require dismissal even if technically deficient, so long as the jury is instructed appropriately and presented with adequate verdict forms as to each Defendants’ alleged conduct.”
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Former President Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Las Vegas June 9, 2024. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Cannon did, however, agree to strike down a paragraph from the indictment that defense lawyers argued was prejudicial information that was not essential to the underlying charges.
A view of former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Fla. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images/File)
Cannon has rejected multiple other motions already to dismiss the case, including one that suggested that the…
