Lawyers for former President Donald Trump filed a request Thursday night to extend the discovery period for the civil trial levied against him by New York Attorney General Letitia James.

The current deadline for discovery in the $250 million fraud case against Trump is set for March 20, but Trump's attorneys are requesting it be moved to Sept. 29, 2023, because of the amount of evidence they need to review.

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"On December 2, 2022, the Attorney General produced several terabytes of data encompassing nearly 700,000 documents, more than 5.5 million pages of information, in addition to fifty-six witness and Defendant interview transcripts with corresponding exhibits," the former president's lawyers said in the filing.

"These 275,000 documents are exclusively third-party documents, which Defendants would not have had access to before this litigation. Reviewing just these documents will require up to 1,375 reviewer days (up to 11,000 working hours) to complete (assuming the commonly accepted industry review average of 200-400 documents per day)," the filing added.

In the filing, the lawyers also request the expert discovery deadline be moved to Dec. 5, 2023, and the deadline for the note of issue and certificate of readiness be moved to Dec. 8, 2023.

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If the requests are granted, the trial would likely be moved to early 2024 from the current October 2023 date. The move would put the trial in the middle of the primary season for the 2024 presidential race. Trump declared his candidacy in November 2022 and is one of the current front-runners in the GOP field.

James announced the $250 million civil lawsuit against Trump, members of his family, and the Trump Organization in September 2022. The lawsuit alleges fraud by members of the Trump family and the organization at large. Trump has denied these accusations.