Judge indefinitely postpones Trumps trial date in Florida classified documents case [Video]

A federal judge has indefinitely delayed the trial date in the special counsel case against Donald Trump for allegedly mishandling classified documents.

In a decision filed on Tuesday, US district judge Aileen M Cannon vacated a planned 20 May trial date, writing that a host of issues around evidence, discovery, and the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA) still needed to be decided before the high-profile trial could commence.

Judge Cannon, a former federal prosecutor who was nominated to the bench by Trump in 2020, argued in her decision that extending the pre-trial process through the end of July would “outweigh the best interest of the public and Defendants in a speedy trial.”

The former president faces 40 separate federal charges in the case, stemming from allegedly holding onto hundreds of classified documents after leaving the White …