Trump loses bids to dismiss classified docs, Georgia election cases on the same day

• Donald Trump in back-to-back court rulings lost separate attempts to dismiss indictments against him in two of his four active criminal cases.
• In Florida federal court, Judge Aileen Cannon rejected Trump's bid to drop charges related to his alleged mishandling of classified documents after leaving the White House.
• That ruling came down two hours after Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee denied Trump's request to dismiss his Georgia election interference case on the grounds that it violated his free speech rights.
• Cannon's ruling also pushed back on special counsel Jack Smith, who criticized the judge earlier this week over her guidelines for proposed jury instructions.

Donald Trump on Thursday afternoon lost two separate attempts to dismiss criminal charges against him in his Florida and Georgia cases.

In Florida federal court, Judge Aileen Cannon rejected Trump's bid to drop charges against him related to his alleged mishandling of hundreds of classified documents after he left the White House.

In a brief order, Cannon wrote that Trump's argument, which hinged on his interpretation of the Presidential Records Act, was an insufficient basis for dismissal.

That ruling came about two hours after Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee denied Trump's attempt to dismiss his Georgia election interference case on the grounds that it violated his free speech rights.

The twin losses came one day after New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan denied a request by Trump to delay his upcoming criminal hush money trial.

That case is set to begin jury selection in less than two weeks. It is the first of Trump's four criminal cases to go to trial.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has aggressively