The federal judge overseeing the classified documents case against former President Trump has rejected a motion to dismiss some of the charges in the indictment.
Trump’s lawyers had sought to dismiss at least six of the 41 charges outlined in the indictment, which alleges that Trump illegally concealed classified documents while in office and conspired with others to conceal classified federal files.
The defendants were fighting charges of obstruction and false statements, but U.S. District Judge Eileen Cannon issued an order on Monday saying that “the defects identified, even if arguably confusing, are lawfully admitted, raise evidentiary objections which are improper to dispose of at this point, or are technically defective, but do not require dismissal so long as the jury was properly instructed and a satisfactory written verdict was presented regarding each defendant’s alleged conduct.”
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But Cannon agreed to throw out a passage in the indictment that defense lawyers argued was prejudicial information, though not essential to the underlying charges.
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Cannon has already lost multiple motions to dismiss the lawsuit, including an argument that the Presidential Records Act allows Trump to keep documents after he leaves the White House and designate them as his own personal files.
Federal Judge Eileen Cannon (US Courts)
The motion to dismiss the six charges listed in the indictment filed Monday is one of several pretrial requests and disputes that have piled up before Judge Cannon for months, stalling the case and delaying the trial.
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Further discussions are expected later this month.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
