Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday delayed the May 20, 2024, trial date for the documents case involving former President Donald Trump indefinitely, signaling it would not take place before the November 2024 presidential election, according to a filing.
Judge Aileen Cannon (United States District Court)
The filing set a number of pre-trial deadlines and hearings in the case regarding pending discovery and disclosure matters and adjudicate pre-trial motions, as well as deal with procedures on classified information.
Given those outstanding issues, Cannon said it would be “imprudent” to schedule a new date given a number of issues pending. She wrote in the five-page filing:
The Court also determines that finalization of a trial date at this juncture — before resolution of the myriad and interconnected pre-trial and CIPA issues remaining and forthcoming — would be imprudent and inconsistent with the Court’s duty to fully and fairly consider the various pending pre-trial motions before the Court, critical CIPA issues, and additional pretrial and trial preparations necessary to present this case to a jury. The Court therefore vacates the current May 20, 2024, trial date (and associated calendar call), to be reset by separate order following resolution of the matters before the Court, consistent with Defendants’ right to due process and the public’s interest in the fair and efficient administration of justice.
BREAKING: Judge Aileen Cannon has postponed Donald Trump’s trial date in Florida indefinitely.
Judge Cannon has vacated the May 20, 2024 trial date and is unable to set a new date because it “would be imprudent” with so many “pending pre-trial motions.”
“The Court therefore… pic.twitter.com/wpLszuf8Hy
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 7, 2024
One reporter noted it could be “months” before a new trial date was set.
BREAKING: Judge CANNON has indefinitely postponed Donald Trump’s trial date in Florida.
It may be months before we know the new schedule.https://t.co/SScVNc0KAD pic.twitter.com/xnmlCjK92X
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) May 7, 2024
Pro-Trump legal analysts cheered the decision.
Mike Davis, founder of the Article III Project, posted on X, “The Democrats’ house of cards is crumbling. Very quickly.”
The Democrats’ house of cards is crumbling.
Very quickly. https://t.co/8IRBByPs5Q
— 🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸 (@mrddmia) May 7, 2024
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