Aileen Cannon denies Trump request to access classified filings

Judge Aileen Cannon ruled against Donald Trump's request to have access to classified filings in the documents case Wednesday.

The content of the classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago have complicated special counsel Jack Smith's federal court case against Trump as both sides navigate the Classified Information Procedures Act that protects them.

Trump's lawyers asked for information Smith submitted under Section 4 the law allowing the Justice Department to delete sensitive information, a motion to which Smith strongly objected.

Cannon turned Trump's lawyers down, prompting national security lawyer Bradley Moss to respond, "It’s raining bad legal news for Trump."

Moss argues Cannon gave Trump's lawyers ample chance to find case law backing their demands and explain their legal theories.

"He got every possible opportunity to lay out his case for access, "Moss writes. "Far more than any other judge would have permitted. But he still lost."

Moss also believes Trump's appeal chances are slim.

"Good luck pursuing that on appeal," he wrote. "The 11th Circuit has already ruled on it in another case."