Trump classified documents the judges’ rules on the motion to dismiss the case

The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Trump has denied a motion to dismiss some of the charges in the indictment.

Trump’s legal team has sought to throw out more than half a dozen of the 41 counts in the indictment, which accuses the former commander in chief of illegally hoarding classified documents from his presidency and conspiring with others to hide sensitive files from to the federal government.

The defendants contested the obstruction and perjury charges, but U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon issued an order Monday saying “the identified deficiencies, even if they create arguable confusion or are permitted by law, raise improper evidentiary challenges to be available at this juncture and/or do not require dismissal, even if technically deficient, so long as the jury is properly instructed and presents appropriate verdict forms with respect to each defendant’s alleged conduct.”

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However, Cannon agreed to strike a paragraph of the indictment that defense attorneys argued was prejudicial information not essential to the underlying charges.

Cannon has already rejected several other motions to dismiss the case, including one that suggested the Presidential Records Act authorized Trump to keep the documents with him after he left the White House and designate them as personal files.

Monday’s motion to dismiss the half-dozen counts in the indictment is one of multiple pretrial motions and disputes that have piled up before Cannon for months, slowing the case’s progress and delaying the trial.

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Additional arguments are scheduled for later this month.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.