The DOJ wanted the trial to start this December, while Trump and his attorneys wanted Judge Cannon to set a date for after the 2024 presidential election.
Neither the Department of Justice nor Donald Trump are getting the trial date they want in the former president’s classified documents case. Judge Aileen Cannon set a trial date for May 20th, 2024. The DOJ wanted the trial to start this December, while Trump and his attorneys wanted Judge Cannon to set a date for after the 2024 presidential election.
This image, contained in the indictment against former President Donald Trump, shows boxes of records on Dec. 7, 2021, in a storage room at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., that had fallen over with contents spilling onto the floor. Trump is facing 37 felony charges related to the mishandling of classified documents according to an indictment unsealed Friday, June 9, 2023. (Justice Department via AP)
