A federal judge in Florida indefinitely postponed former President Donald Trump's criminal classified documents trial. The trial was scheduled to begin on May 20th but has now been postponed, and no new start date has been set. The judge vacated the May trial date due to various pre-trial issues still needing to be resolved, including how classified information will be handled. Trump is accused of retaining classified national security records after leaving office and then concealing them from the government. His lawyers have pushed for the trial to be held after the November 2024 election where Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee.
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00:02A federal judge in Florida indefinitely postponed former President Donald Trump's criminal
00:07classified documents trial.
00:09The trial was scheduled to begin on May 20, but has now been postponed, and no new start
00:13date has been set.
00:15The judge vacated the May trial date due to various pre-trial issues still needing to
00:19be resolved, including how classified information will be handled.
00:23Trump is accused of retaining classified national security records after leaving office, and
00:27then concealing them from the government.
00:29Lawyers have pushed for the trial to be held after the November 2024 election, where Trump
00:34is the presumptive Republican nominee.
00:36No new hearing is scheduled until July 22.
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