Donald Trump’s federal trial on charges related to the classified documents seized at his Mar-a-Lago estate is scheduled Aug. 14, the judge announced Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s order also told Department of Justice prosecutors and lawyers for Trump to file all pre-trial motions by July 24. The brisk schedule would place the first federal criminal trial of a former president months ahead of his New York state trial in March 2024.
Arguments about evidence and what can be debated at trial can often postpone initial trial dates. Trump, who is seeking the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, was indicted earlier this month on 37 criminal counts and pleaded not guilty to all charges related to his taking hundreds of classified records with him when he left the White House in January 2021.
