President Trump and his legal team are back in federal court just days after the Supreme Court said they will decide whether he is completely immune from prosecution. The judge who oversees the Florida case involving classified documents is considering when the case will go to trial.
Prosecutors suggested a trial date of July 8, 2024, which is just over a month after the current May 20 trial date, in court documents released late on Thursday.
Trump and his co-defendants have urged the court to postpone the trial until after the 2024 presidential election, but they also made a suggestion in a separate court filing that the trial, if it must begin this year, could begin either on August 12 or September 9, 2024.
Trump will be present at the hearing on Friday in Fort Pierce, which is located 60 miles north of the president’s Palm Beach Mar-a-Lago residence.
The judge will hear arguments regarding whether May 20 will serve as the trial date during Friday’s hearing in Cannon’s courtroom. The proceedings were billed as a status conference.
The parties were instructed to prepare for Smith’s request to reconsider the order. Additionally, Cannon told them to prepare to discuss Trump’s request to require the special counsel to provide more evidence in response to allegations of improper political influence in the case. In court documents, Smith has refuted those claims.
In addition to approximately 5,100 pages of classified materials, prosecutors have presented to Trump’s legal team 12 tranches of unclassified records in preparation for the trial.
