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Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon set an initial trial
date of Aug. 14.
But Smith, in the filing, said the Aug. 14 date "would deny
counsel for the defendant or the attorney for the Government the
reasonable time necessary for effective preparation."
Trump, who is seeking the Republican nomination for president
for the 2024 election, was arraigned in federal court in Miami
last week, during which he pleaded not guilty to charges he
unlawfully kept national security documents when he left office
and lied to officials who sought to recover them.
The case will need to proceed under a strict and meticulous set
of rules set forth in a law known as the Classified Information
Procedures Act, which aims to protect classified evidence and
manage how such records can be disclosed.
In the filing, Smith said the start of the trial should be
delayed so Trump's lawyers have time to get security clearances
to review classified documents.
Smith laid out a schedule in the lead up to the proposed Dec. 11
start of jury selection, including a Sept. 5 deadline for all
defense discovery requests.
He said Trump's lawyers do not oppose scrapping the Aug. 14
trial start date but he anticipates they will file a motion
opposing the prosecution's proposed schedule. A lawyer for Trump
did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
(Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Dan Whitcomb, Sandra Maler
and Jacqueline Wong)
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