A federal judge in Florida is scheduled to meet with prosecutors and former president Donald Trump’s attorneys Tuesday.
The federal judge presiding over Donald Trump’s trial for allegedly mishandling classified documents will oversee a hearing Tuesday that is expected to include a review of the case’s timeline and is likely to detail some of the rules involved in a prosecution that relies on classified materials.
The hearing marks the first time that lawyers on both sides of the case will appear before U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon, with federal prosecutors and the former president’s defense attorneys set to gather in a courthouse about an hour north of downtown West Palm Beach.
Trump is not expected to be in court for the hearing Tuesday afternoon, which is likely to focus on administrative procedures regarding classified materials and the disagreement between the two sides about when the trial should begin. Federal prosecutors have argued for starting a trial in December, while Trump’s attorneys lobbied for scheduling it after the 2024 election, since Trump is running for president again.
The hearing is also taking place amid a backdrop of churning legal tumult for Trump, who is already facing criminal charges in Manhattan, a civil trial in New York related to fraud allegations and another civil case accusing him of defamation. A district attorney in the Atlanta area is also investigating whether Trump and his allies broke the law in their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in that state, with charging decisions expected there next month.
