Judge Aileen Cannon heard arguments yesterday in Florida in Trump’s classified documents case. Attorneys for Trump argued the charges against the former president should be dropped, filing two motions to dismiss the case. The judge rejected one of those motions, saying Trump’s argument that the main statute prosecutors are using against him is unconstitutionally vague was premature.
Cannon also seemed skeptical about an argument made by Trump’s lawyers to dismiss the case based on the Presidential Records Act. Lawyers for special counsel Jack Smith’s office disputed that argument.
New York
The Manhattan DA overseeing Trump’s prosecution over alleged hush money paid to a porn actress shortly before the 2016 election said in court documents yesterday that his office doesn’t oppose delaying his hush money trial, which is currently scheduled to begin March 25. Trump had previously requested a 90-day delay.
Bragg’s filing, which suggests a 30-day delay, comes after federal prosecutors began turning over tens of thousands of documents this month tied to their 2018 probe of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, who is expected to serve as a key witness in the trial.