Judge Aileen Cannon has granted Donald Trump a delay in the classified documents trail by pushing back a court deadline in the case.
On Monday, Judge Cannon entered a “temporarily staying” for a May 9 deadline for Trump and his two co-defendants in the federal case to submit court filings.
It relates to Section 5(a) of the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA), which would disclose what sensitive materials Trump intends to use at the trial.
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Trump has pleaded not guilty to 40 federal charges in relation to allegations he illegally retained classified materials after he left the White House in January 2021, and then obstructed the federal attempt to retrieve them.
The trial is currently scheduled to start on May 20; however Cannon did not immediately set a new date for Trump to file his CIPA-related documents, potentially increasing the likelihood the trial won’t happen before the 2024 Election in November.
This article will be updated.
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