Smith's office made the filing Thursday morning in an effort to expedite the process of identifying what classified evidence former President Donald Trump's team intends to use at trial in the classified documents case. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon didn't wait for Trump's legal team to file its opposition to the request before denying it. The move could dash the prosecutors' hope of keeping the currently scheduled May 2024 trial date. The judge has said she will make a decision on whether to move the trial date when the parties meet in March, after they have gone through litigation involving how classified discovery is handled at trial. MORE: Defendant in classified docs case waives conflict of interest concerns regarding his attorneyJudge in Trump classified docs case reserves judgment on moving May 2024 trial date originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News November 17, 2023 01:14 UTC