Trump classified documents trial set for May 2024

involving former president Trump we now

know when the federal criminal trial

over classified documents will begin the

former president and his legal team had

asked the judge to delay the case until

after the election she did delay the

trial but not until after the election

instead it will play out just months

before the crucial presidential election

in this country here's Terry Moran

federal judge Eileen Cannon setting a

trial date of May 20th 2024 for the

classified documents case against former

president Trump in Florida and striking

a middle ground calling special counsel

Jack Smith's request for a trial this

coming December inconsistent with

ensuring a fair trial but judge Cannon

Who was appointed by Trump also

rejecting Trump's call to postpone any

trial until after the 2024 election

acknowledging The public's interest in a

speedy trial Trump's campaign claiming

Victory calling the ruling a major

setback for prosecutors but the reality

is Trump will now be on trial in front

of the American people just months

before the election on the campaign

Trail Trump's trying to turn it all to

his Advantage I consider it to be a

great badge of honor and courage I'm

doing it for you

I'm being indicted for you but he will

now have to show up for at least two

criminal trials right in the middle of

the 2024 campaign first in March when he

will be in a Manhattan courtroom to face

charges relating to his payment of hush

money to porn star Stormy Daniels then

the document case in May and he's

bracing for two more criminal

indictments as soon as Monday As Trump

himself has predicted he could face an

indictment and arrest in connection with

the efforts to overturn the 2020

election culminating in the attack on

the capitol

and in Georgia he could face state

criminal charges stemming from alleged

efforts to change the election results

there that decision could come in a few

weeks

the immediate legal concern for the

former president is the Grandeur

investigation here in Washington D.C

into his efforts to overturn the 2020

election all signs pointing to an

imminent indictment there perhaps as

soon as Monday setting in motion a now

familiar process Donald Trump in a

courtroom arrested arraigned and charged

David Terry Moran tonight Terry thank

you hi everyone George Stephanopoulos

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