Fri Jul 21, 2023 – 2:24 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — A federal judge has set a trial date in the classified documents case against former U.S. President Donald Trump.
On Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon ordered that the federal trial for Trump, in which he is accused of mishandling classified documents, will begin May 20, 2024. According to the order, federal prosecutors were gunning for a December 2023 start date and Trump’s defense had asked for the case to be delayed until after the 2024 presidential election, of which he is the leading Republican candidate.
The first U.S. president in history to face federal charges from the Department of Justice, Trump pleaded not guilty on June 13 to 37 felony charges pertaining to his alleged mishandling of classified documents. FBI agents previously carried out an unprecedented raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida last summer to retrieve the files.
Thirty-one of the 37 charges concern the willful retention of national defense information and the remaining six include making false statements, corruptly concealing documents or records, and conspiracy to obstruct justice, The Daily Wire reported at the time.
Most Republicans have condemned the charges against Trump
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