Former US President Donald Trump went to a Florida court on Friday to ask a judge to postpone his criminal trial on charges of illegally possessing classified documents until the height of the presidential campaign. A leader in the race for the Republican nomination in the presidential election, he saw his lawyers ask US District Judge Aileen Cannon to postpone the trial from May 20 to August 12, which would have brought the politician to court weeks before the election, scheduled for November 5. Federal prosecutors say the trial is expected to begin July 8, a week before the Republican Convention, which will determine who will run for president, when Trump is expected to be chosen. The judge, nominated by Trump for the job, did not say the date that will be set. The politician has sought to delay trials on all four criminal charges while he campaigns to regain the presidency. His lawyers also argue that he cannot receive a fair trial while running for president. “We continue to firmly believe that a trial taking place before the election is a mistake and should not occur,” Todd Blanche, his lawyer, told the judge. After the hearing, a crowd of the former president’s supporters shouted his name and held banners as his motorcade left the courthouse, located 209 kilometers north of Miami. Trump’s strategy of delaying trials has produced results. A trial on federal charges that Trump illegally tried to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden was due to begin Monday, but it has been postponed indefinitely while the U.S. Supreme Court considers his argument that he shouldn’t be prosecuted for the actions he took. as president. Trump made a similar argument for presidential immunity in the classified documents case. Another trial stemming from her attempts to overturn the election is also in limbo as a Georgia judge weighs whether to remove the prosecutor, who admitted to having an affair with a lawyer she hired for the case against Trump and others. So far, only one of Trump’s pending criminal cases is scheduled to go to trial before November. Jury selection will begin March 25 in a New York state court, where Trump is accused of falsifying business records to cover illegal payments to a porn star. Trump could win the Republican nomination before then and lock in an electoral rematch against Biden. In the Florida lawsuit, Trump is accused of illegally retaining classified information after leaving the White House in January 2021 and deceiving officials who tried to recover it.
Source: Terra
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