Former President Donald Trump’s case regarding classified documents has been indefinitely postponed by Judge Aileen Cannon. This was in response to his attorneys’ suggestion that special counsel Jack Smith’s team did not preserve critical evidence. Prosecutors had revealed that some classified records may not be in the original order in which they were found.
Cannon prefers to address the other pretrial motions before scheduling a trial date.
The trial, concerning allegations that Trump unlawfully retained classified documents after leaving the White House, was scheduled to start on May 20.
Cannon’s original trial date split the difference between the government’s request for a December 2023 trial and Trump’s desire to push it back until after the 2024 election.
Reactions to the latest development in the case varied widely across the political spectrum:
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