Trump Lawyers Oppose Starting Classified Documents Trial in December
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked a federal judge Monday to delay a criminal trial over Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents until after next year's presidential election.In a filing in federal court in Miami, lawyers for Trump and his co-defendant, personal assistant Walt Nauta, said that "commencing a trial of this magnitude within six months of the indictment is unreasonable, revealing, and would be in a legal error. .”In a court filing late last month, prosecutors from special counsel Jack Smith's team requested that the trial be delayed until December 11 after a federal judge overseeing the case…
