The judge overseeing former President Trump’s classified documents case asked the question Republica
townhall.com By Sarah Arnold
The judge overseeing former President Trump’s classified documents case asked the question Republicans to have been wanting to know since the day his Mar-a-Lago property was raided by the FBI.
Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday pointed out how no other former or current president has been charged with mishandling classified documents— unlike Trump.
During a hearing to consider several motions Trump filed to dismiss the case, NBC News noted that at times, Cannon “seemed more sympathetic to Trump’s arguments and noted that no other former president has faced criminal charges related to the law.”
“There has never been a situation remotely similar to this one,” the prosecutor of the special counsel’s office, Jay Bratt said.
The outlet pointed out that Republicans have called the charges against Trump a “double standard.”
[Trump attorney Tom] Blanche argued that “presidents since George Washington have taken materials out of the White House” at “their own discretion,” but Cannon seemed skeptical of his arguments involving the Records Act…
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