The former president’s legal team suggested the classified documents trial starts in the same month as Georgia’s election interference case.
Donald Trump has put forward a proposed start date for his classified documents trial in potentially the same month proceedings in his Georgia election interference case could begin.
In court filings on Thursday, the former president’s legal team called on Judge Aileen Cannon, who is overseeing the classified documents case headed by Special Counsel Jack Smith, to delay the federal trial until 2025 due to the Republican presidential hopeful’s campaign schedule.
Despite calling for a delay until next year, Trump’s lawyers still put forward a suggested start date for the trial as required by a court order, and opted for August 12.
August is also the month in which Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has suggested the former president begin his trial in the sprawling election interference case in Georgia. The timing of the racketeering trial, where 15 other defendants are scheduled to appear in front of a jury, could yet be affected if a judge rules that Willis should be disqualified from the case for failing to disclose having a relationship with a prosecutor she hired to work on the Trump case.
Trump has long faced accusations that he is hoping his classified documents trial, where he faces 40 charges over claims he retained sensitive materials after he left office and then obstructed the federal attempt to retrieve them, will be delayed until after the 2024 election at least.
