Special Counsel Jack Smith said in recently released legal filings that he wants former President Donald Trump's classified documents trial to begin on July 8, 2024.
Mr. Smith is considering putting Mr. Trump on trial in the months before the 2024 presidential election, but lawyers representing the former president and likely this year's Republican nominee have said a trial could be delayed until after Election Day. It is argued that it should be started. Mr. Smith led the investigation into Mr. Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents, as well as the investigation into Mr. Trump's role in the incident at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. (Related: The media is wrong — President Trump's immunity appeal is moving at 'lightning speed')
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Regarding President Trump's right to appear in court and to run for office, Trump's lawyers said in a statement that he “strongly maintains that a fair trial cannot be conducted in a constitutionally consistent manner this year.” Ta. legal filing. Nevertheless, Trump's team floated August 12 as the start date for the docket trial.
The former president faces 41 charges related to his alleged mishandling of hundreds of classified documents that federal agents found at his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Palm Beach, Florida.
Preparations for the trial have been hampered by the challenge of deciding what to do with confidential documents central to the case. according to To USA Today. Both of the deadlines sought by Mr. Smith and Mr. Trump's team are behind the May 20 timeline proposed by U.S. District Judge Eileen Cannon, which would have set the trial to begin.
Prosecutors in each of the four cases against the former president are trying to move quickly to bring Mr. Trump to trial before Election Day, while Mr. Trump's attorneys say he has fulfilled many of his duties. , is lobbying for a slower approach to ensuring fair trials. Mr. Trump's lawyers argued that the apparent attempt to take Mr. Trump to court amounted to de facto election interference.
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