Trump to tell judge that keeping classified records was legal

Donald Trump's lawyers are set to ask a federal judge on Thursday to dismiss the federal criminal case that accuses him of illegally holding onto classified documents, arguing that he is allowed to keep the records after leaving the presidency. The hearing in Fort Pierce, Florida is the latest legal gambit by Trump to try to derail the four criminal cases he faces while he campaigns as the Republican candidate challenging Democratic President Joe Biden in the Nov. 5 U.S. election. In this case, Trump has pleaded not guilty to a 40-count indictment that accused him of retaining sensitive national security documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach after leaving office in January 2021 and obstructing U.S. government efforts to retrieve them.