The judge presiding over the federal criminal case involving former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents denied one of his two motions to dismiss the case Thursday, saying the motion was premature.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon found that Trump’s argument — that the main statute prosecutors are using against him is unconstitutionally vague as it applies to presidents — is better-suited to be addressed later “in connection with jury-instruction briefing and/or other appropriate motions.”
Cannon issued the ruling shortly after a daylong hearing on Trump’s motions to toss the case, with Trump in attendance. Cannon, whom Trump nominated to the bench, made it clear she was skeptical of his attorneys’ arguments on their other motion to dismiss, which contends that the Presidential Records Act bars his prosecution.
