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WASHINGTON -- The national justice successful Florida presiding implicit the classified documents prosecution of erstwhile President Donald Trump has canceled the May 20 proceedings date, postponing it indefinitely.
The bid from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had been expected successful airy of still-unresolved issues successful the lawsuit and due to the fact that Trump is presently connected proceedings successful a abstracted lawsuit successful Manhattan charging him successful transportation with hush wealth payments during the 2016 statesmanlike election. The New York lawsuit involves respective of the aforesaid lawyers representing him successful the national lawsuit successful Florida.
Cannon said successful a five-page bid Tuesday that it would beryllium “imprudent” to finalize a caller proceedings day now, casting further uncertainty connected national prosecutors' quality to bring Trump to proceedings earlier the November statesmanlike election.
Trump faces dozens of felony counts accusing him of illegally hoarding astatine his Mar-a-Lago property successful Palm Beach, Florida classified documents that helium took with him aft helium near the White House successful 2021, and past obstructing the FBI's efforts to get them back. He has pleaded not blameworthy and denied wrongdoing.
Trump faces 4 transgression cases arsenic helium seeks to reclaim the White House, but extracurricular of the New York prosecution, it's not wide that immoderate of the different 3 volition scope proceedings earlier the election.
The Supreme Court is weighing Trump’s arguments that helium is immune from national prosecution successful a abstracted lawsuit from peculiar counsel Jack Smith charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 statesmanlike election. Prosecutors successful Fulton County, Georgia person besides brought a abstracted lawsuit related to predetermination subversion, though it's not wide erstwhile that mightiness scope trial.
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