Prosecutors press judge for summer trial for Trump in classified docs case, but no date set

By ERIC TUCKER, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and FREIDA FRISARO
Associated Press

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have pressed a federal judge to schedule a trial for this summer in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, while defense lawyers sought to put it off until after the election. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon did not set a date during the hours-long hearing in Fort Pierce, Florida, attended by Trump. She did express skepticism that the case could proceed to trial on the timeline requested by prosecutors. The trial date decision could determine whether the former president and leading Republican candidate in the 2024 presidential race faces a jury before the November election on charges that he hoarded top-secret government records at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida and concealed them from government investigators.