Trump Attorneys Renew Push to Dismiss Classified Documents Charges

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

32% : Mr. Smith is prosecuting President Trump on 40 counts related to mishandling classified documents, and last month Judge Cannon held a hearing regarding two motions to dismiss counts 1-32 based on the Presidential Records Act and for constitutional vagueness.
22% : They argued that both the indictment and special counsel's office in arguments have said that President Trump "caused" records to be removed from the White House, in effect conceding that he had the authority to remove them.
21% : In an April 2 court filing, the defense argued that the inability of these two laws to be reconciled in these scenarios underscored the "vagueness" of the charges against President Trump, and that they should be dropped.
20% : "As applied to President Trump, § 793(e) is unconstitutionally vague and 'no law at all,'" the defense argued.
18% : The defense, including President Trump in many public statements, had repeatedly argued that the Presidential Records Act gave President Trump the right to possess the documents he had.
12% : During the hearing, the judge pushed back on this claim, arguing that the indictment charges President Trump under the Espionage Act, making no mention of the Presidential Records Act.

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