federal case

To have the standing to bring a federal case, the court ruled, a plaintiff must show that they have suffered a “concrete harm” stemming from the violation.

Charges in Trump's Florida federal case, which accused him of illegally retaining national security documents after leaving office and obstructing government efforts to retrieve them, were dismissed in July.

His previous federal case last year ended in a mistrial when the jury told the judge it could not reach a unanimous verdict.

In addition to the federal case, Trump also was charged by Georgia prosecutors with trying to subvert the election there.

The former vice president’s story is crucial to the federal case.