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Former President Donald Trump was dealt a blow by a judge he appointed in his classified documents case taking place in Florida.
Judge Aileen Cannon denied the former president’s attorney’s request to have the case, which is scheduled to begin in May 2024, moved until after the 2024 presidential election.
The motion was “denied without prejudice,” but it will be given consideration again at a scheduling conference set for March 1, 2024.
“[T]he quantity of discovery in this case remains exceedingly voluminous, even more so than initially thought. To be sure, the Special Counsel has taken various steps to produce discovery on a regular basis. But even with these efforts, discovery has increased sizably from initial estimates…” the judge said.
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But she did note that his trial schedule and his campaign schedule would make a May 2024 trial tough.
“Although the Special Counsel is correct that the trajectory of these matters potentially remains in flux, the schedules as they currently stand overlap substantially with the deadlines in this case,…
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