U.S. District Choose Aileen Cannon earlier this week set an preliminary trial date of Aug. 14 for Trump, who faces 37 felony counts accusing him of illegally hoarding labeled paperwork and obstructing Justice Division efforts to get them again.
Prosecutors with particular counsel Jack Smith’s group requested Cannon to reschedule the trial for Dec. 11. They mentioned the delay was vital as a result of the case includes labeled info and would require Trump’s legal professionals to acquire safety clearances, a course of that’s underway.
However, they mentioned of their Friday submitting, “Even with the immediate manufacturing the federal government has organized, the inclusion of extra time for protection counsel to evaluate and digest the invention, to make their very own choices about any manufacturing to the federal government, and for the federal government to evaluate the identical, is affordable and acceptable.”
The Justice Division mentioned Trump’s legal professionals don’t object to pushing the trial date again. The choose will in the end set the trial date.