Federal judge signals Trump’s classified docs trial may not start until next year

[Kamaji]

Federal judge signals Trump’s classified docs trial may not start until next year

By David Propper
July 18, 2023

A federal judge made no immediate decision on when former President Donald Trump’s classified documents trial would begin but signaled it may not start until next year during a hearing Tuesday.

Prosecutors and lawyers for Trump, 77, battled over a potential trial date in front of US District Judge Aileen Cannon, who said she would issue a written order following the nearly two-hour hearing in Florida.

Trump’s lawyers pushed for an indefinite delay, arguing the GOP firebrand couldn’t get a fair trial ahead of the 2024 election, in which he’s seeking the Oval Office again after losing in 2020 to Joe Biden.

His attorneys also said they needed more time to review piles of evidence in what they described as a complex case.

If Cannon does issue a trial date, Trump’s team urged her to set it for “mid-November or later of next year,” ABC News reported.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/07/18/judge-aileen-cannon-doesnt-set-immediate-date-for-trump-docs-trial/

[Maj. Bill Martin]

The left's mantra that Trump should be treated "just like everybody else" makes zero sense in this context because the nature of the charges are ones that pretty much could not be brought against anybody else, or that at least raise issues unique to his position as a former President.

Plus, the political/election aspects of this can't simply be waived away,and are far more important than prosecuting what amounts to a victimless crime.

All factors that argue for granting Trump's motion and having the trial after the election.

[corbe]