Donald Trump’s Florida trial postponed indefinitely
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The former President's legal calendar clears up a little.

The federal judge in Florida presiding over the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald Trump has canceled the May 20 trial date, postponing it indefinitely.

The order from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had been expected in light of still-unresolved issues in the case and because Trump is currently on trial in a separate case in Manhattan charging him in connection with hush money payments during the 2016 presidential election. The New York case involves several of the same lawyers representing him in the federal case in Florida.

Cannon said in a five-page order Tuesday that it would be “imprudent” to finalize a new trial date now, casting further doubt on federal prosecutors’ ability to bring Trump to trial before the November presidential election.

Trump faces dozens of felony counts accusing him of illegally hoarding at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida classified documents that he took with him after he left the White House in 2021, and then obstructing the FBI’s efforts to get them back. He has pleaded not guilty and denied wrongdoing.

Trump faces four criminal cases as he seeks to reclaim the White House, but outside of the New York prosecution, it’s not clear that any of the other three will reach trial before the election

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Republished with permission of the Associated Press.

Associated Press


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  • Elvis Pitts "AMERICA'S BIG VOICE ON THE RIGHT" American

    May 7, 2024 at 7:06 pm

    Good evening Sage Patriots,
    I, Elvis Pitts American, was requested to meet with this Federal Judge and bring her up to speed on my Legal and Political recomendations on the Florida trial based of course upon my Sage Political and Legal accume along with my Sage Wisdom.
    IN CLOSING:
    While I wont share our conversations I feel the meeting was both very Sage and Productive.
    Thank you America,
    Elvis Pitts American

    • Elvis Pitts "AMERICA'S BIG VOICE ON THE RIGHT" American

      May 7, 2024 at 7:08 pm

      ….. and no America, I dont work for Trump, I work for a Jewish Carpenter named Jesus Christ.
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  • PeterH

    May 7, 2024 at 9:22 pm

    I believe that Jack Smith’s options are limited. Cannon has been spinning this Federal case for 11 months.

    • Tom

      May 8, 2024 at 7:30 am

      She seems well over her head in this. I was hoping that when enough of her rulings were overturned that she’d be replaced but it seems that she’ll just run out the clock instead. Pretty sad really.

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