{"id":1969277,"date":"2023-07-11T01:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T05:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-wants-court-to-delay-classified-documents-trial-until-after-2024-election\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T01:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T05:45:00","slug":"donald-trump-wants-court-to-delay-classified-documents-trial-until-after-2024-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-wants-court-to-delay-classified-documents-trial-until-after-2024-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump seeks to postpone classified documents trial until after 2024 election."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdonald-trump-wants-court-to-delay-classified-documents-trial-until-after-2024-election%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1969277&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former President Donald Trump Requests Delay in Classified Documents Trial<\/h2>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump has made a bold move, asking a federal court to postpone his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-trial-classified-documents-hearing-set-one-week-before-first-gop-debate\/\" title=\"Donald Trump trial: Classified documents hearing scheduled ahead of first GOP debate, one week prior.\">classified documents trial<\/a> until after the 2024 presidential election. Trump&#8217;s attorneys argue that holding the trial beforehand would be unfair and that there needs to be a &#8220;measured consideration and timeline&#8221; for the case.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s legal team, along with his aide and co-defendant Walt Nauta, claim that this extraordinary case poses a serious challenge to American democracy. They believe that rushing the trial before November 5, 2024, is unnecessary and could undermine the integrity of the process.<\/p>\n<h3>The Battle of Familiar Foes<\/h3>\n<p>Looking ahead to the 2024 presidential election, which is less than a year and a half away, it is expected to feature a rematch between Trump and President Joe Biden. Both candidates are currently polling far ahead of their respective party rivals, setting the stage for an intense showdown.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s attorneys emphasize that this trial is unique, as it involves a sitting president&#8217;s administration prosecuting his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-durham-probe\/\" title=\"Everything You Need To Know About The Durham Probe\">chief political rival<\/a>, who is also a leading candidate for the presidency. They reiterate the claim that Biden was involved in Trump&#8217;s indictment, a claim that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-wants-court-to-delay-classified-documents-trial-until-after-2024-election\/\" title=\"Trump seeks to postpone classified documents trial until after 2024 election.\">current president vehemently denies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>A Request for Delay<\/h3>\n<p>Trump and Nauta have jointly filed a court document in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, opposing the Department of Justice&#8217;s request to delay the trial by four months. In their 12-page filing, they argue that this proposed delay is &#8220;unrealistic&#8221; and provide a comprehensive list of reasons why they believe a postponement is necessary.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as no surprise that the co-defendants want to delay the trial date announcement. This would give them more time to prepare their defense and explore all possible avenues for having the case dismissed. Furthermore, if the trial were to take place after the election, Trump would potentially have more power as the president-elect to defend himself.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the judge overseeing Trump&#8217;s classified documents case set a deadline of July 13 for his legal team to organize sensitive evidence that will be crucial to the trial. Before the trial can commence, the court must adhere to guidelines outlined in the Classified Information Procedures Act, which determine how sensitive materials can be protected and discussed during the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has pleaded not guilty to 37 federal charges, including 31 counts of willful retention of classified documents under the Espionage Act. The outcome of this trial could have significant implications for both Trump and the future of American democracy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump has requested a federal court to postpone his classified documents trial until after the 2024 presidential election, citing unfairness. Trump&#8217;s attorneys, along with co-defendant Walt Nauta, argue that a &#8220;measured consideration and timeline&#8221; is necessary for the trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1969278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1969277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1969277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1969278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1969277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1969277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1969277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}