The Department of Justice issued a strong rebuke of former President Donald Trump's request to delay the criminal trial in the classified documents case against him until after the 2024 election.
Special counsel Jack Smith asked Judge Aileen Cannon to proceed with the jury selection on Thursday despite Trump’s efforts to postpone and requested the trial begin Dec. 11.Trump's attorneys filed the motion to postpone the trial date on Monday. His lawyers argue that the 2024 presidential race poses a challenge to selecting jurors and that the trial could affect the outcome of the election.
Since Trump was charged with 37 federal felony counts in June, his defense for retaining the classified documents has repeatedly been hinged on a law known as the Presidential Records Act, with the former president claiming he was allowed to keep the documents. Smith pushed back on this argument Thursday, saying using that law as a defense"borders on frivolous."
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