Duke alumna Aileen Cannon dismisses classified documents case against Donald Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : Trump celebrated the decision in a Monday morning post to his social media platform Truth Social, writing that the decision "should be just the first step, followed quickly by the dismissal of all the witch hunts.
27% : Cannon ruled that Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the case against Trump, was named to his position "in violation of the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution."
26% : The case was based on allegations that Trump brought numerous classified documents from the White House to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
26% : "Trump currently faces a number of other civil and criminal cases, though many legal experts considered the classified documents case the strongest legal obstacle to the former president.
22% : Smith brought 40 felony charges against Trump in August, including possession of the documents and obstructing government demands to return them.
19% : Cannon previously denied a similar attempt in June but agreed to strike a paragraph in the federal superseding indictment that she found was not connected to a specific crime Trump was accused of committing.

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