Key takeaways:
- A federal judge in Florida may delay the start of the classified documents trial of Donald Trump.
- Trump’s attorneys had requested to postpone the trial, and the judge appeared ready to side with them.
- The trial is the latest in a series of criminal cases against Trump, and the outcome could have a major impact on his legal future.
A federal judge in Florida indicated Wednesday that she may delay the start of the classified documents trial of Donald Trump, citing the other criminal cases the former president is facing as well as the mounds of evidence his attorneys need to review.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon for the Southern District of Florida had set a May 2024 trial date for the case, 11 weeks after Trump’s Jan. 6 trial in D.C. is set to begin. However, at the Wednesday hearing, Cannon said she was “having a hard time seeing how this work can be accomplished in this compressed time frame.”
Trump’s attorneys had requested to postpone the trial, and Cannon appeared ready to side with them. She said she “has a hard time seeing how realistically this (current schedule) would work” even as prosecutors pushed her to keep the scheduled start date.
The charges in the case allege that Trump retained national defense information at his Mar-a-Lago resort. Prosecutors have already pushed back deadlines in the case, and Cannon has left room for more delays.
The trial is the latest in a series of criminal cases against Trump. He is set to face trial in D.C. in January for his alleged role in the Capitol riots. The outcome of the Mar-a-Lago trial could have a major impact on the former president’s legal future.
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