Judge Cannon to weigh Trump privilege challenge to evidence in classified documents case

Published June 27, 2024 3:42pm ET



Judge Aileen Cannon rejected on Thursday challenges former President Donald Trump raised about the legitimacy of a warrant in his classified documents case, but she added a new hearing to the schedule to consider other objections Trump has made to evidence in the case.

Cannon wrote in an order denying Trump’s request for what is known as a Franks hearing, at which a judge can weigh whether a warrant contained misleading information, that the former president did not show any outcome-determinative problems with the warrant.

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