Justice department says ‘no basis’ to delay Trump’s classified documents trial

Prosecutors urged judge to reject Trump's request to postpone the trial and set December date

Federal prosecutors asked the judge presiding over the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case on Thursday to reject Donald Trump's request that any trial should not take place until after the 2024 presidential election and reset the trial date for December.

There is no basis in law or fact for proceeding in such an indeterminate and open-ended fashion, and the defendants provide none," the prosecutors wrote in an 11-page court filing that sharply attacked Trump's arguments.