The judge overseeing the classified documents case that has been brought against former President Trump "appeared skeptical" of the dismissal arguments made by Trump's co-defendants. 

This is according to a new report from CNN.

Per the outlet:

A federal judge appeared dubious of efforts by former President Donald Trump’s two co-defendants in the classified documents case to get the charges against them thrown out and to get more information from prosecutors about the charges.

The judge is U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who - unlike the judges overseeing Trump's other cases - has not shown herself to be rabidly anti-Trump.

What's going on?

This is all taking place in Florida, where special counsel Jack Smith has accused Trump of having illegally mishandled classified materials when he left the White House at the end of his administration. Smith further argues that Trump, subsequently, obstructed the government's efforts to recover the materials.

Trump has maintained his innocence, insisting that Smith, here, is merely running election interference for President Joe Biden. Trump has also repeatedly highlighted what he and his allies have referred to as America's two-tiered justice system, which he says is evidenced by the fact that although Biden actually did illegally mishandle classified documents he is not being prosecuted for doing so.

With regard to the obstruction aspect of the case, Smith has also charged two of Trump's employees, Walt Nauta, his valet, and Carlos De Oliveira, the property manager of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.

This past week, both Nauta and Oliveira argued that the charges that Smith has brought against them ought to be dismissed.

It is these dismissal charges that, according to CNN, Cannon was skeptical of.

What happened?

According to CNN, Cannon "grilled" Nauta's and Oliveira's attorneys for more than two hours on Friday.

"Over the course of a more than two-hour hearing, Cannon grilled attorneys for Nauta and De Oliveira about their arguments that the charges against their clients lacked adequate clarity," the outlet reports.

Cannon attempted to get the attornies to provide this clarity, but it does not appear as though she was satisfied by their responses.

It is worth noting that Cannon did not actually rule on the dismissal motions on Friday. Instead, she simply heard oral arguments. It also ought to be emphasized that this just had to do with the charges that Smith brought against Oliveira and Nauta - not the charges that he has brought against Trump.

Still, many believe that how Cannon rules on Oliveira's and Nauta's motions could give some indication about how she is going to rule on Trump's.