Trump defends Judge Cannon in fight over classified documents trial

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : If she rules that the PRA protects Trump,Smith could appeal.
42% : In the meantime, Trump is scheduled to stand trial in New York on April 15 for allegedly falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment during the 2016 election.
38% : " Cannon is weighing Trump's claims that the Presidential Records Act, or PRA - a law that designates official presidential papers as belonging to the government, rather than individuals - overrides the enforcement of the Espionage Act under which Trump has been charged.
36% : The special counsel's filing urged Cannon to rule quickly on whether the Presidential Records Act allowed Trump to keep highly classified documents after leaving the White House, so that if she says it does, he can ask a higher court to overrule her.
33% : Legal experts said she could use those instructions to help inform her eventual ruling on a request that Trump made to dismiss the case because the PRA allowed him to designate any presidential record as personal.
25% : She also told them to write jury instructions for a second scenario in which the jury has to determine which of the documents Trump is accused of illegally retaining are personal and which are presidential.
23% : Trump, who has been hit with three separate gag orders after criticizing judges, their staffs, their relatives or trial participants, attacked Smith and leaped to Cannon's defense in a social media post Thursday morning.
21% : Trump spoke out about the ongoing dispute between special counsel Jack Smith and U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon after Smith filed court papers saying Cannon is pursuing a legal theory that is "wrong."
16% : Trump faces 32 counts of violating the Espionage Act, each for a specific classified document that he is alleged to have illegally retained at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida home and private club, after his presidency ended.

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