Monday was not your usual day in court.
The judge overseeing Trump’s classified documents case did some snipping, removing a paragraph from the indictment.
This looks good for the defense.
But then their request to dismiss the case got shut down.
What was the paragraph that was removed?
Allegations that Trump in 2021, showed a classified map during a chat about a military operation.
Judge Aileen Cannon rejects Trump’s bid to dismiss counts in classified documents indictment. https://t.co/Wa6oCMJWcs
— ABC News (@ABC) June 11, 2024
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Judge Aileen Cannon just denied Donald Trump and Walt Nauta’s motion to dismiss the classified documents case.
— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) June 10, 2024
Associated Press reports:
The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump and two of his associates struck a paragraph from the indictment on Monday but denied a defense request to dismiss some of the charges.
The paragraph concerns allegations that Trump, in 2021 while no longer president, showed a classified map of a foreign country to a representative of his political action committee while discussing a military operation that he said