Judge Cannon May Delay Trump's Classified Documents Trial, Set For May
Huff PostLOADING ERROR LOADING FORT PIERCE, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida indicated Wednesday that she may delay the start of the classified documents trial of Donald Trump, pointing to the other criminal cases the former president is facing as well as the mounds of evidence his attorneys need to review. The classified documents case filed by special counsel Jack Smith’s team is one of four Trump is facing that could go to trial next year. Bratt told Cannon that Trump’s attorneys from the beginning have pushed to delay the trial until after the November 2024 election, where he hopes to win back the White House from President Joe Biden. He told Cannon she “should not let the D.C. trial drive the schedule here.” He said his team has provided Trump’s lawyers with a directory to the Mar-a-Lago documents to assist their preparation and advised them of the portions of security video they plan to play at trial — footage that prosecutors have said shows boxes being moved in and out of a storage room at the property in an effort to conceal them from investigators.