The judge overseeing Donald Trump's indictment for charges that he illegally retained national security documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort after leaving the White House on Friday issued an order indicating that she would give the former president more time to review prosecutors' plethora of evidence ahead of the trial, which is currently slated for May 2024.
Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon also noted in her that she would consider delaying the start of the South Florida trial in a continuation of timetable talks from a hearing earlier this month. “Without expressing any view on the merits of those anticipated motions, it is evident that the parties are at odds on significant issues related to the scope of discoverable information in this case, and that such disagreements will require substantial judicial intervention,” Cannon wrote in the Friday order. She also observed that she anticipates a significant amount of debate over the “unusually high volume” of evidence.
