Classified documents judge accepts pro-Trump briefs from legal groups

Published March 7, 2024 12:26pm ET



The federal judge overseeing the classified documents case against Donald Trump on Wednesday permitted legal groups to submit amicus briefs, or friend of the court briefs, that were favorable toward the former president.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, an appointee of Trump, submitted a paperless order allowing former Trump White House senior adviser Stephen Miller‘s America First Legal Foundation to file a brief, as well as one from former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese, who served under former President Ronald Reagan’s administration.

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