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Ashley Oliver, Justice Department Reporter


NextImg:Judge grants Trump extended deadlines in Florida case, but trial date remains

A judge will allow former President Donald Trump extra time to review evidence in the case against him in Florida related to classified documents, but she denied his request to move the trial start date beyond May 2024 — for now.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon wrote in an order on Friday that the "unusually high volume" of discovery in the case, which includes more than a million pages of unclassified and classified documents and security footage spanning months, justified granting Trump's request to extend numerous filing deadlines.

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Cannon, however, denied Trump's request to prolong the start of the trial, saying the minor timeline changes did not warrant derailing the broader schedule.

"Defendants need more time to review the discovery in this case," Cannon wrote. "This Order aims to afford that opportunity in a reasonable fashion, balanced against the public’s right to a speedy trial."

Although keeping the trial date in place is a small victory for special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the prosecution, Cannon also said she would reconsider that decision in March, leaving open the possibility that the trial could still be pushed back.

Smith indicted Trump and two co-defendants this year over allegations they conspired to retain national defense information at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida after the former president left office. Trump and the two others, aide Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago employee Carlos de Oliveira, have pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Trump, who is the leading GOP candidate in the 2024 presidential race, viewed Cannon's decision Friday as a win, according to a statement from his campaign.

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The delays she awarded him were "clearly in the best interest of Justice for President Trump ... as he works to defeat these hoaxes and marches back to the White House," a campaign spokesman said.

"We look forward to the conference set by Judge Cannon for next March, where future scheduling matters, including a potential trial date, will be discussed," he said.