Judge in Mar-a-Lago case suggests July trial ‘unrealistic’ in boon for Trump
by Hugo Lowell in Fort Pierce, Florida, and Martin Pe from World news | The Guardian on (#6K0XX)
Aileen Cannon says schedule submitted by prosecutors unrealistic' as Trump lawyers push for delay in Mar-a-Lago case
A federal judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal case over his retention of classified documents appeared inclined to reject a proposal by special counsel prosecutors that she set a schedule culminating in a July trial, suggesting at a court hearing Friday she found the timeline unworkable.
The US district judge Aileen Cannon did not set a new trial date from the bench - it is currently set for May but almost certain to be scrapped - and it was unclear whether she would adopt competing schedules proposed by Trump and prosecutors, or set her own.
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