Federal Judge Suspends Key Deadline in Classified Documents Case Against Trump

Judge Aileen Cannon did not set a new date for the deadline in the case.

(L) Special counsel Jack Smith in Washington, on Aug. 1, 2023; and (R) former U.S. President Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Fla., on Nov. 8, 2022. Saul Loeb, Eva Marie Uzcategui/AFP via Getty Images

A federal judge indefinitely postponed a deadline in former President Donald Trump’s classified materials case after special prosecutor Jack Smith’s team previously admitted that evidence was re-arranged.

Judge Aileen Cannon’s paperless order on Monday relates to a section of the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA) that discloses what potentially classified material that President Trump’s lawyers would use during the trial as well as expert testimony.