Judge sets new deadlines that could delay Trump’s classified documents trial

Judge Aileen Cannon pushes back several major deadlines for ex-president to file pre-trial motions in positive move for him

The federal judge overseeing the criminal case charging Donald Trump with retaining classified documents pushed back on Friday several major deadlines for the former president to file pre-trial motions, a move that could have the consequential effect of delaying the start of the trial in Florida.

The judge put off until March making the fraught decision about whether to actually delay the trial – currently scheduled for next May – but the new timetable she laid out in a nine-page written order gave little scope for the pre-trial process to finish in time.

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