A federal judge in South Florida scrapped a planned May 20 trial start date in former President Donald Trump’s classified document case — a move that will likely push proceedings back until after the Nov. 5 election.
In a five-page scheduling order handed down Tuesday, US District Judge Aileen Cannon wrote that fixing a trial date at this time “would be imprudent and inconsistent with the Court’s duty to fully and fairly consider the various pending pre-trial motions … and additional pretrial and trial preparations necessary to present this case to a jury.”
Lawyers for Trump, 77, and prosecutors led by special counsel Jack Smith have been bogged down in sniping over issues including what evidence can be used against the 45th president, the rules governing a jury, procedures governing the presentation of classified material as evidence, and more.
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