Judges reject Donald Trump's motions to get criminal cases dismissed

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 5 April 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump suffered two setbacks as judges rejected his bids to dismiss criminal charges in the Georgia election interference case and the classified documents case. In Florida, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon rejected Trump's argument that he could retain classified documents based on the Presidential Records Act. In Georgia, Judge Scott McAfee rejected Trump's argument that the attempts to overturn the 2020 election were protected under the First Amendment. Plus, "No Labels" abandons its plans to field a third-party candidate in the 2024 Presidential Election. The group had been pursuing a "unity ticket," featuring centrist candidates who could serve as alternatives to voters unsatisfied with Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Then, excitement is growing for Monday's solar eclipse – the first in six years. Joyce Vance, Molly Jong-Fast, Peter Baker, Jen Palmieri, Tim Miller, Jim Sciutto, and Sean Wilentz join.

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0:00.0	Tonight Donald Trump hit with double setbacks and his push to get the charges against him dismissed
0:06.8	we'll break down the latest in the classified documents case and the Georgia
0:10.9	election interference case.
0:13.0	Then no labels is no more.
0:16.0	What it means for both campaigns ahead of November.
0:19.0	Plus, the tense call between President Biden
0:22.0	and Prime Minister Netanyahu, the warning from the President
0:25.1	about U.S. policy towards Israel as the 11th hour gets underway on this Thursday night. Good evening, once again, I'm Stephanie Rule. We are now 215 days away from the election and tonight
0:45.6	there are double denials for Donald Trump as he tries to get his criminal
0:50.0	cases dismissed judges in the classified documents case and the Georgia
0:54.3	election interference case both said no way to Trump's bid to end the
0:59.1	prosecutions. Judge Alien Cannon did not buy Trump's argument that those classified records were considered personal under the Presidential Records Act.
1:08.0	Cannon's ruling came after Special Counsel Jacksmith blasted her handling of the case thus far. He also objected to her
1:15.5	request for proposed jury instructions taking into account Trump's claims
1:20.1	about the Presidential Records Act. Cannon fired back calling Smith's response to her request,
1:25.8	unprecedented and unjust.
1:28.2	Earlier today, former federal prosecutor Andrew Weisman weighed in on her ruling with some pretty choice words.
1:35.0	She says this is a complex case of first impression.
1:40.0	Only for her is it a complex case of first impression.
1:43.4	There is nothing complex and there's nothing first impression about this
1:47.0	other than a former president, but that is not really posing any legal or
1:51.8	factual barriers that make this so unusual.
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