In a loss for former President Trump, Judge Aileen Cannon announced that proceedings in his classified-documents case will begin on May 20.
federal judge Aileen Cannon ruled against former president Trump, who had requested that his trial in the classified-documents case be delayed until after the 2024 election. The trial is now scheduled to begin in in a Florida court on May 20, 2024 — likely well after it’s clear which Republican will be taking on Joe Biden but before the heart of the general election.
Prosecutors have pushed for what they called an “aggressive” timeline, but Trump’s attorneys argued last week that a trial taking place during the election would make it difficult to seat an impartial jury,
and could have an impact on the race itself. (Their filing, naturally, did not address the likelihood that Trump would simply dismiss the case against him if he became president.
