Judge Rejects Trump Motion to Dismiss Documents Case

Published on April 4, 2024

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon denied former President Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss an indictment alleging he mishandled classified documents, based on the Presidential Records Act. “Bound by the four corners of the Superseding Indictment,” the charges in the indictment “make no reference to the Presidential Records Act, nor do they rely on that statute for purposes of stating an offense,” the judge wrote in an April 4 order. President Trump brought a total of four motions to dismiss charges in this case on different bases, and the judge heard oral arguments on two of the motions last month. Hours after the hearing, she denied the motion to dismiss based on unconstitutional vagueness....

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