U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Thurday denied Donald Trump's dismissal motion in his Florida federal criminal case, tossing out the former president's argument that the Presidential Records Act (PRA) turned classified records into his personal documents after he left office.
But Cannon, in her decision, also declined to rule on special counsel Jack Smith's request for clarity on the jury instructions she asked the parties to submit and did not signal whether she believed the PRA could constitute a permissible defense that Trump could raise later, according to The Washington Post.
