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Trump lawyers ask judge to postpone trial without setting a date in classified documents case

Trump lawyers ask judge to postpone trial without setting a date in classified documents case
GOOD NEWS THERE. THANK YOU, YASMINE. NEW THIS MORNING IN A LATE NIGHT FILING, LAWYERS FOR FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ARE ASKING FOR HIS CRIMINAL TRIAL TO BE DELAYED. THIS RELATED TO HIS ALLEGED MISHANDLING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS FOUND AT MAR A LAGO. THAT’S WHERE WE FOUND OUR CALEB CALIFANO THIS MORNING. AND CALEB, THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S LEGAL TEAM, IS USING THIS UPCOMING ELECTION AS A REASON FOR THE DELAY. THAT’S RIGHT. ERIN TRUMP’S LEGAL TEAM SAYS ANY TRIAL BEFORE THE 2024 ELECTION WOULD SIMPLY BE UNFAIR. FOR NOW, TRUMP’S LAWYERS ARE ASKING FOR A DELAY IN THE CASE, AND AT THIS TIME, THEY’RE NOT EVEN ASKING FOR A DATE THEY WOULD BELIEVE. THEY BELIEVE IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO TRY THE CASE BEFORE THE 2024 ELECTION. NOW, IN A LATE NIGHT FILING BY ONE OF TRUMP’S LAWYERS, IT SAID, QUOTE, THE GOVERNMENT’S REQUEST TO BEGIN A TRIAL OF THIS MAGNITUDE WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE INDICTMENT IS UNREASONABLE TELLING AND WOULD RESULT IN A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE. THIS IS RELATED TO TRUMP’S ALLEGED MISHANDLING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS FOUND AT HIS MAR A LAGO ESTATE LAST SUMMER. THE FORMER PRESIDENT PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO 37 CRIMINAL COUNTS. LAST MONTH, THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR IN THIS CASE, JACK SMITH, HAS YET TO RESPOND TO THIS NEW FILING. MEANWHILE, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO ASKING FOR A DELAY, PUSHING FOR THIS TRIAL TO START IN DECEMBER. LAST MONTH, THE JUDGE OVERSEEING THE CASE, JUDGE EILEEN CANNON, SET A TENTATIVE START DATE TO THE FEDERAL TRIAL IN FORT PIERCE TO START ON AUGUST 14TH. NOW, THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DENIED ALL CHARGES, CALLING THE ENTIRE THING A POLITICAL WITCH HUNT. FOR NOW, WE’RE LIV
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Trump lawyers ask judge to postpone trial without setting a date in classified documents case
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are asking a judge to postpone his criminal trial without setting a new date as he stands accused of illegally hoarding classified documents at his Florida estate.In a late Monday filing, Trump's defense attorneys said the case was "extraordinary," with a large volume of documents and footage to be reviewed as the former president leads the race for the Republican nomination to unseat President Joe Biden. They cited challenges to select jurors and concerns about whether he would get a fair trial if scheduled before the November 2024 election."The government's request to begin a trial of this magnitude within six months of indictment is unreasonable, telling, and would result in a miscarriage of justice," said the document filed by Chris Kise, one of Trump's lawyers.The Justice Department had previously proposed to set the trial date for Dec. 11.Earlier on Monday, Trump's lawyers filed paperwork saying they agreed with federal prosecutors to delay to next week a pretrial hearing that specifically discusses how classified information is handled in court.The hearing to discuss the Classified Information Procedures Act had previously been set for Friday. But an attorney for Trump's valet Walt Nauta, who was charged alongside the former president, said he has another bench trial this week in Washington preventing him from appearing Friday in South Florida.The attorneys said in their filing that they can appear at the pretrial conference to go over the 1980 law on July 18, adding they had also checked with U.S. attorneys on moving the date.The judge in the case, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, still needs to agree to the new date.Trump and Nauta were charged in a 38-count indictment with conspiring to hide classified documents at Mar-a-Lago from federal investigators. Both men have pleaded not guilty.Trump has denied any wrongdoing and has slammed the prosecution as an effort to hurt his bid to reclaim the White House in 2024.

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are asking a judge to postpone his criminal trial without setting a new date as he stands accused of illegally hoarding classified documents at his Florida estate.

In a late Monday filing, Trump's defense attorneys said the case was "extraordinary," with a large volume of documents and footage to be reviewed as the former president leads the race for the Republican nomination to unseat President Joe Biden. They cited challenges to select jurors and concerns about whether he would get a fair trial if scheduled before the November 2024 election.

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"The government's request to begin a trial of this magnitude within six months of indictment is unreasonable, telling, and would result in a miscarriage of justice," said the document filed by Chris Kise, one of Trump's lawyers.

The Justice Department had previously proposed to set the trial date for Dec. 11.

Earlier on Monday, Trump's lawyers filed paperwork saying they agreed with federal prosecutors to delay to next week a pretrial hearing that specifically discusses how classified information is handled in court.

The hearing to discuss the Classified Information Procedures Act had previously been set for Friday. But an attorney for Trump's valet Walt Nauta, who was charged alongside the former president, said he has another bench trial this week in Washington preventing him from appearing Friday in South Florida.

The attorneys said in their filing that they can appear at the pretrial conference to go over the 1980 law on July 18, adding they had also checked with U.S. attorneys on moving the date.

The judge in the case, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, still needs to agree to the new date.

Trump and Nauta were charged in a 38-count indictment with conspiring to hide classified documents at Mar-a-Lago from federal investigators. Both men have pleaded not guilty.

Trump has denied any wrongdoing and has slammed the prosecution as an effort to hurt his bid to reclaim the White House in 2024.