A US federal judge has denied a motion by Donald Trump’s lawyers to throw out a criminal case that accuses him of illegally holding onto classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago mansion.
US District Judge Aileen Cannon — who was appointed to the bench by Trump in 2020 — denied the motion on Thursday hours after Trump’s legal team argued that the central charge was too vague.
She ruled that the question “warrants serious consideration” but should not be decided at this point.