Judge in Trump's classified documents case cancels May trial date
Time:2024-05-08 10:31:55 Source:entertainmentViews(143)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge in Florida presiding over the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald Trump has canceled the May 20 trial date, postponing it indefinitely.
The order from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had been expected in light of still-unresolved issues in the case and because Trump is currently on trial in a separate case in Manhattan charging him in connection with hush money payments during the 2016 presidential election. The New York case involves several of the same lawyers representing him in the federal case in Florida.
Cannon said in a five-page order Tuesday that it would be “imprudent” to finalize a new trial date now, casting further doubt on federal prosecutors’ ability to bring Trump to trial before the November presidential election.
Trump faces dozens of felony counts accusing him of illegally hoarding at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida classified documents that he took with him after he left the White House in 2021, and then obstructing the FBI’s efforts to get them back. He has pleaded not guilty and denied wrongdoing.
Previous:PGA Tour goes to Quail Hollow ahead of PGA Championship. Nelly Korda goes for 6 in a row
Next:WNBA to begin full
You may also like
- A doctor whose views on COVID
- A nation of explorers? Poll reveals that nearly a quarter of Brits have never even visited SCOTLAND
- I'm a travel expert
- Why Jimmy Mitchell's happy snap of his family boarding a plane saw him booted from a Jetstar flight
- Mother throws her disabled six
- Best stocks & shares Isas: Pick the right investment account
- How to invest to beat tax raids
- Forget the city centre
- New York City jail guard suffers burns from body camera igniting