Trump said there was way too much to be done before the trial, so December 11 was not feasible. He also argued that he could not obtain an impartial trial during the presidential campaign.
The court conducted a combined Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA) and trial scheduling conference on the day. We don’t have the transcript, and the proceedings were not broadcast, so we have media accounts to go to. CNN suggests that there was a lack of trust in the court about the trial in December:
US District Judge Aileen Cannon indicated she’s likely to delay the beginning of a hearing in the Mar-a-Lago classified document case past the date of mid-December suggested by a federal prosecutor – but she was skeptical of claims made by Donald Trump’s attorneys that he can’t be granted a fair trial when he was running for the presidency.
The Special Counsel’s team and the lawyers representing Trump have appeared this week for the first-time front of Cannon, who will take the reigns over the criminal investigation Smith has filed against the former president.
During the Fort Pierce, Florida trial, Cannon stated that a suggestion from federal prosecutors requesting that prosecute Trump and his aides be scheduled for mid-December was “a bit rushed.” She also told the prosecutor that the timetable had been “compressed” and said that cases like this require longer.
Cannon has not decided on a trial date but stated that she will “promptly” issue an order.
For two hours, for nearly two hours in Federal District Court in Fort Pierce, Fla., Judge Cannon was an official Trump appointee, bombarded the prosecutor and attorneys of the former president with questions that indicated she was in control of her courtroom and knowledgeable in the specifics of the matter. ….
At one moment, Judge Cannon asked one of Mr. Trump’s attorneys, Christopher Kise, if they wanted to postpone his trial until after the presidential election. If Christopher. Kise said he did; then Judge Cannon informed him she would concentrate on immediate issues such as the amount of evidence in discovery that the defense needed to examine and the kinds of motions lawyers were planning to submit.
As the trial was coming to a close, Todd Blanche, another of Mr. Trump’s lawyers, questioned Judge Cannon whether the defense could return to court in November and review the trial date then. As if to take note of the judge’s request to develop what she referred to as “a road map” for the lawyer’s trial. Blanche said that if a trial date needed to be determined, he would request one in mid-November 2024 following the election.
I thought the judge could decide on December 11 as a potential date but also state that it could be moved back depending on the trial’s outcome. I’m not sure if she will decide to do this.
However, one thing is sure in opposition to the widespread stories spread by the typical suspects; there isn’t any evidence to suggest that the prosecution was putting off trial because the case was collapsing. It will depend on the evidence as it is regardless of the time when the trial begins.
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