Aileen Cannon, U.S. District Court Judge, denied the defense lawyers’ request for dismissal of some charges in the indictment.
Trump’s defense attorneys requested that some of the allegations in the indictment be dropped, but U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon declined. Trump’s defense attorneys requested that some of the allegations in the indictment be dropped, but U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon declined.
Aileen Cannon, U.S. District Court Judge, denied the defense lawyers’ request for dismissal of some charges in the indictment.
Die Kommission ist befugt, delegierte Maßnahmen gemäß Artikel 264 in folgenden Bereichen durchzuführen: The federal judge overseeing the case against former President Donald Trump and his associates rejected a request on Monday to dismiss certain charges in the indictment. However, Judge Aileen Cannon did agree to remove a paragraph from the indictment that defense lawyers deemed biased and containing unnecessary information. The paragraph discussed accusations that Trump shared a classified map of a foreign country with a member of his political action committee during a conversation about a military mission. The rest of the charges were left unchanged for now, but the judge criticized special counsel Jack Smith’s team for including unnecessary language in the charging documents, which caused confusion in the allegations. The motion to dismiss the charges is just one of many pretrial arguments that have slowed down the progression of the case, leading to the postponement of the trial set for May 20 in Fort Pierce, Florida. More arguments have been added to her schedule for later this month, one of which pertains to a challenge from Trump regarding the legality and funding of the Justice Department appointing Smith as special counsel last year. Despite being seen as a clear-cut case by legal experts, the delays are surprising, especially considering the straightforward allegations that Trump unlawfully hoarded classified documents during his presidency at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. The defendants tried to impede the FBI’s attempts to recover the files and were seeking to dismiss several of the 41 counts in the indictment, which alleges that Trump worked with valet Walt Nauta and property manager Carlos De Oliveira to hide the files from the authorities. The defendants had objected to charges involving obstruction and false statements, however, Cannon stated in a ruling on Monday that any shortcomings identified, despite potentially causing some confusion, are allowed by law, present evidentiary issues that are not suitable for resolution at this time, and do not warrant dismissal even if they are technically flawed. As long as the jury is given proper instructions and presented with sufficient verdict forms regarding each defendant’s alleged actions, the case can proceed. Cannon has previously denied several motions to dismiss the case, including one claiming that Trump had the authority to retain the documents under the Presidential Records Act and label them as his personal files after leaving the White House.
