Judge Cannon skeptical of Trump co-defendants’ arguments to dismiss charges

Walt Nauta, and aide to former president Donald Trump, arrives in Bedminster, N.J., on June 13, following court appearance in Florida. FORT PIERCE, Fla — U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon on Friday seemed skeptical about dropping charges against Donald Trump’s two co-defendants in the classified documents case and suggested that their arguments for dismissal would be better suited as a defense at trial.

Prosecutors said the information laid out in the indictment is sufficient and they did not need to divulge the evidence they would be using at this stage in the proceedings. Cannon seemed to agree and said the defense attorneys could make these arguments in front of a jury.“So why wouldn’t that be a trial argument?” she repeatedly asked the defense attorney during the two-hour hearing Friday afternoon.

Cannon, a relatively inexperienced judge who was nominated by Trump in late 2020, did not indicate when she would issue her ruling. The judge is still wrangling other key decisions in the pretrial proceedings that are preventing the case from moving closer to a trial and has not yet set a firm trial date — leaving a big question as to whether Trump will go to trial in Florida before the

Nauta is also charged with crimes related to allegations that he moved dozens of boxes from a storage room at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Florida home and private club, to Trump’s residential quarters as investigators sought to locate them.Nauta, a Trump aide who still travels with him, and De Oliveira, the property manager at Mar-a-Lago, face eight and four charges, respectively, and have pleaded not guilty.

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