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The Florida judge presiding over the federal criminal case related to Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents has postponed the trial indefinitely, citing the need for “adequate preparation”.
In a filing on Tuesday afternoon, Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, scrapped the provisional May 20 date for the case to go to trial in Miami, and said she would not decide on a fresh date for some time.
The decision means the current “hush money” trial against Trump in Manhattan is more than likely to be the only one the presumptive Republican nominee faces before November’s presidential election.
In announcing her decision, Cannon said there were “myriad and interconnected” pre-trial issues to be resolved and that it “would be imprudent and inconsistent” to rush to trial.
Trump faces 40 charges in the case relating to his handling of classified documents found at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
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