Classified Documents Case: The search for former US President Donald Trump in the classified documents case will start from May 20 next year. The federal judge hearing the case set a hearing date for Friday, the New York Times reported.
It is known that the US government wanted to start the proceedings in December and Trump wanted to take the process forward after the 2024 election. So this decision is a kind of middle ground for the wishes of both the parties. In the case, Trump has been accused of illegally possessing classified documents.
According to the New York Times, Judge Eileen M. Cannon ordered that the trial be held at his residence courthouse in Fort Pierce, Florida, two and a half hours north of Miami, which would draw its jury pool from many parts of the country that the former president easily won in his two previous campaigns.
Judge Cannon also created a hearing calendar for the remainder of this year and into next year.
The trial hearing took place on Tuesday in federal courthouse in Fort Pierce, where attorneys work on the special counsel. Jack Smith and Trump’s attorneys argue over a hearing date.
The Justice Department declined to comment on Judge Cannon’s ruling. But it came as no surprise to prosecutors, who laid out their initial, aggressive timetable expecting she would choose a date, perhaps the first half of 2024, and denied the Trump legal team’s request to move the election. To a person familiar with the situation.
In a 38-count indictment filed last month by Smith’s office, the former president was accused of illegally possessing 31 documents containing sensitive national security information in violation of the Espionage Act.
The timing of the proceedings in the Trump classified documents case is the first important decision for Judge Cannon. It is also worth noting that he was appointed by Donald Trump in 2020. He was randomly assigned the case in June. The New York Times said he also faced extensive scrutiny after he made some rulings related to the case last year.