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The former president was in Florida on Friday, where a federal judge he appointed signaled she could push back the trial in his classified documents case

The start date for the Florida trial on Donald Trump‘s mishandling of classified documents is in the hands of a judge the former president appointed to the federal circuit.

The trial, currently scheduled to begin May 20, is likely to be delayed after prosecutors and defense attorneys met at a federal courthouse in Fort Pierce, Florida, on Friday.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, appointed by Trump to the Southern District of Florida in 2020, said the timeline proposed by prosecutors for a trial this summer was “unrealistic.”

The hearing ended Friday without a new start date, though Cannon said the proposed schedule needs “some space” and “flexibility,” according to CNN.

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 8 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The start date for the Florida trial on Donald Trump‘s mishandling of classified documents is in the hands of a judge the former president appointed to the federal circuit.

The trial, currently scheduled to begin May 20, is likely to be delayed after prosecutors and defense attorneys met at a federal courthouse in Fort Pierce, Florida, on Friday.

The prosecution, led by special counsel Jack Smith, is investigating 40 federal charges against Trump over his handling of the classified documents after leaving office, which were found at Mar-a-Lago in Florida instead of being turned over to the National Archives as is required by law.

Earlier this week, Cannon ruled against Trump’s co-defendants being able to view any of the classified documents in the case, writing “the Court finds that the Special Counsel has met his burden.”

Rolling Stone reported on Thursday that Trump’s team was “literally popping champagne” after the Supreme Court decided to take up the case, aware that the decision means it won’t be something they have to contend with ahead of the election.

Trump’s financial crimes trial centering around hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election, is on track to begin jury selection on March 25.


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