If you guys could find any evidence, Trump would be behind bars. But, instead, he’s running for President.
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) —
Donald Trump arrived Thursday at a federal courthouse in Florida, where a judge is hearing arguments on whether to dismiss
the criminal case accusing the former president of hoarding and hiding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate after he left the White House.
the hearing was set to begin before U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was nominated to the b
The dispute centers on the Trump team’s interpretation of the Presidential Records Act, which they say gave him the authority to designate the documents as personal and maintain possession of them after his presidency.
Special counsel Jack Smith’s team, by contrast, says the files Trump is charged with possessing are presidential records, not personal ones, and that the statute does not apply to
classified and top-secret documents like those kept at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
The Presidential Records Act “does not exempt Trump from the criminal law, entitle him to unilaterally declare highly classified presidential records to be personal records, or shield him from criminal investigations — let alone allow him to obstruct a federal investigation with impunity,” prosecutors wrote in a court filing last week.
It was not clear when
Cannon might rule, but the outcome will determine whether the case proceeds or whether, as Trump’s lawyers hope, it is thrown out before ever reaching a jury — a rare action for a judge to take.
ench by Trump.