Judge Resets Trump Classified Documents Case Schedule, May Change Trial Date

The judge also noted that she could not ‘ignore the realities’ of the several other trial schedules the defendant, President Trump, faces.

Republican presidential candidate former U.S. President Donald Trump at a rally in Houston, Texas, on Nov. 2, 2023. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

In a new order, U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon reset the pretrial deadlines in one of two cases special counsel Jack Smith is prosecuting against former President Donald Trump.

In the case concerning classified documents kept by the former president at Mar-a-Lago, Judge Cannon granted in part and denied in part the defense’s request to postpone deadlines including the trial.