Special Counsel Jack Smith and attorneys for former President Donald Trump proposed moving the trial in the classified documents case later into the summer in court filings Thursday.
Smith said he believes that Trump and his two co-defendants, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliviera, should go to trial on July 8, 2024.
Attorneys for the three defendants proposed that Trump and De Oliviera’s trial begins on August 12, 2024, while Nauta’s trial begins September 9, 2024.
Even so, Trump’s attorneys reiterated that they believe that Trump can’t have a fair trial before the presidential election, highlighting political dates in their filing where they say the former president needs to be on the campaign trail like the Republican National Convention.
The case is currently scheduled to go to trial in May 2024, though District Judge Aileen Cannon, who is overseeing the case, is expected to address the date in a hearing Thursday.
The schedule for Trump’s several criminal cases are still largely up in the air.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments over whether Trump benefits from presidential immunity in regards to the 2020 presidential election interference case, and any decision from the high court could affect the course of classified documents case too.
