Win for Trump

Federal judge Aileen Cannon dismisses Trump classified documents case over concerns with prosecutor's appointment

The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump in Florida dismissed the prosecution on Monday, siding with defense lawyers who said the special counsel who filed the charges was illegally appointed by the Justice Department.

The decision by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, which can be appealed and may be overruled by a higher court, brings at least for now a stunning and abrupt conclusion to a criminal case that at the time it was filed was widely regarded as the most perilous of all the legal threats the Republican former president confronted.

Though the case had long been stalled, and the prospect of a trial before the November election already was an unrealistic scenario, the judge's order is a mammoth legal victory for Trump as he recovers from a weekend assassination attempt and prepares to accept the Republican nomination in Milwaukee this week.

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America First Legal (AFL) released the following statement applauding Judge Cannon’s dismissal of President Trump’s classified documents case.

Statement from Gene Hamilton, America First Legal Executive Director:

“We applaud Judge Cannon’s dismissal of this politically-driven case against President Trump. The weaponization of our justice system must end so that the American people can begin to regain their faith in the rule of law. The other federal prosecution in Washington, DC, should end for the same reason, and the interests of justice and national unity require the cases in Georgia and New York to be dismissed at this time.”