Trump lawyers continue to press for delay in classified documents case
Source: NBC News
April 6, 2024, 12:15 PM EDT / Updated April 6, 2024, 1:35 PM EDT
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants in the classified documents case are arguing that a potential trial date should continue to be pushed back. In response to a request from the judge, Trump’s lawyers argued in court filing on Friday that despite the fact that a 70-day window to set a trial date will begin on May 20, Judge Aileen Cannon should hit pause to allow the defendants' lawyers time to examine any further documents produced by prosecutors.
"Discovery remains far from complete in this case," the lawyers wrote. "Defendants have sought countless additional records from the Special Counsel’s Office and have requested evidentiary and non-evidentiary hearings that may well result in the production of additional voluminous, and potentially classified, discovery."
This delay would allow all parties more time to review and resolve the pretrial motions they've already filed to the judge, Trump's lawyers argued. "Time would also continue to be tolled under the Speedy Trial Act while the Court considers the numerous pretrial motions still pending," the filing said.
In response to NBC News' request for comment, a Trump campaign spokesman said the filing is consistent with Cannon’s assessment of how to decide the earliest date a trial could start. “President Trump was responding to an order from Judge Cannon regarding the speedy trial clock. The filing simply stated that we agreed with the Court that no days had expired from the 70 days allowed under the law,” the Trump campaign spokesman said.
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