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Almost from the moment former President Donald J. Trump was charged last June with mishandling a trove of highly secret classified documents, the spotlight in the case has been fixed — as it usually is — on him.
A Florida district judge assigned to oversee Donald Trump’s classified documents case is attracting criticism given that it was Mr Trump himself who elevated her to the bench.
What to know about today's hearingFormer President Donald Trump attended a hearing in Florida today for his classified documents case. Judge Aileen Cannon heard arguments from Trump's team and special counsel Jack Smith's office on whether the charges against him should be dropped.Cannon appeared skeptical of Trump's lawyers' argument for dismissing the case based on the Presidential Records Act. Lawyers for Smith's office disputed that argument.Trump's lawyers also brought up the fact that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was never prosecuted for her use of a private email server. (The FBI found that Clinton never discussed any classified material in the emails on her private account.)Trump faces 40 criminal charges related to his alleged mishandling of classified documents, including conspiracy to obstruct justice and willful retention of national defense information.Trump and his co-defendants — valet Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira — have pleaded not guilty to all charges and denied any wrongdoing.
Brian Butler, a former Mar-a-Lago employee who has publicly identified himself as a witness in the classified documents case against Donald Trump, recounted how he unknowingly helped load boxes of those documents onto the former president’s plane on CNN’s The Source with Kaitlin Collins.
Brian Butler, a former Mar-a-Lago employee who is a key witness in the federal indictment over Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents, told CNN Monday the investigation into the former president is “not a witch hunt.”
Donald Trump has never been more vulnerable.
