Donald Trump’s criminal case on charges that he illegally retained classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago club was dismissed on July 15 by the presiding judge, ruling that the special counsel who brought the case was unlawfully appointed and funded under the US constitution, Report informs referring to The Guardian.
The decision by the US district judge Aileen Cannon will almost certainly be challenged by special counsel prosecutors at the US court of appeals for the 11th circuit. Prosecutors could also seek to have the case reassigned to a different judge if the ruling is overturned.
Trump was indicted last year with retaining national security documents at Mar-a-Lago and obstructing the government’s attempts to retrieve, including by partially defying a grand jury subpoena ordering him to return any classified documents to the justice department. Trump had pleaded not guilty.