Donald Trump trial over confidential files postponed without date

The judge of Florida in charge of the case against donald trump due to alleged improper treatment of confidential documents, it was postponed this Tuesday”.otherwise die” at the beginning of his trial, according to court documents consulted by AFP.

The case against the former president of U.S It was supposed to start on May 20th, but the judge Aileen Cannon He said this would not be possible due to the large number of applications filed with the court.

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The judge did not announce any date for the start of the trial.

The postponement is a serious setback for the special prosecutor Jack Smithwho brought the charges against Trump, and makes it unlikely that the trial will be held before the November elections, in which the former president is the Republican presidential candidate.

The tycoon’s lawyers tried to postpone his various criminal cases until after the election, hoping that he would win and be able to avoid federal charges against him while in power. The White House.

Trump, 77, is on trial in New York now in a state case.

A court accuses him of falsifying 34 accounting documents to hide a payment of US$130,000 intended to buy the silence of the former porn film actress Stormy Danielsin the final stretch of the 2016 elections, which the Republican tycoon won Hillary Clinton.

Last June, Trump pleaded not guilty to Florida on federal charges of illegally withholding national defense information, conspiracy to obstruct justice and false statements.

The former president kept confidential files – which included records of the PentagonO INC. and the National Security Agency– no security in your home Mar-a-Lago in Florida and hindered official efforts to recover them, according to the indictment.

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In the document published this Tuesday, Cannon said that the large number of pre-trial requests and the confidential nature of some of the evidence in the case forced the start of the process to be postponed.

“Therefore, the Court vacates the current trial date of May 20, 2024“, he wrote.

In addition to the New York and Florida cases, Trump was accused of washington It is Georgia of trying to nullify the results of the 2020 elections won by Democrat Joe Bidenhis likely rival in November.

Source: Elcomercio

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