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The Justice Department asked a judge on Friday night to postpone until December the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump for retaining classified documents. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon earlier this week set an initial trial date of Aug. 14 for Trump, who faces 37 felony counts accusing him of illegally hoarding classified documents and obstructing Justice Department efforts to get them back.
But Smith, in the filing, said the Aug. 14 date "would deny counsel for the defendant or the attorney for the Government the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation."
The Justice Department said Trump’s lawyers do not object to pushing the trial date back. The judge will ultimately set the trial date.
He said Trump's lawyers do not oppose scrapping the Aug. 14 trial start date but he anticipates they will file a motion opposing the prosecution's proposed schedule. A lawyer for Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
originally posted by: Threadbare
What country did Kendra Kingsbury sell secrets to?
Former FBI analyst sentenced to nearly 4 years over classified docs
In their sentencing memo, prosecutors said, "The FBI ultimately determined that over 20,000 documents that originated either at the FBI or some other government agency were found in the defendant’s residence."
originally posted by: CoyoteAngels
Aren't they claiming they decided to charge him when he ranted and waved some docs around in front of someone interviewing him?
That doesn't sound like Espionage to me. Where is the foreign and/or enemy in this incident?
It doesn't even seem like spillage to me if all he did was wave the document around. Did the interviewer even get a look at it?
originally posted by: CoyoteAngels
a reply to: Xtrozero
Aren't they claiming they decided to charge him when he ranted and waved some docs around in front of someone interviewing him?
That doesn't sound like Espionage to me. Where is the foreign and/or enemy in this incident?
It doesn't even seem like spillage to me if all he did was wave the document around. Did the interviewer even get a look at it?
originally posted by: Threadbare
She got 3.5 years on two charges and a guilty plea. Trump is facing 31 charges of 18 USC 793 (e) and has chosen to go to trial. If found guilty he will be facing a lot more time. Although, at his age, even 3.5 years could be a life sentence.
She was as much the President as Trump has been since January 20, 2021.
originally posted by: CoyoteAngels
From the transcript of the conversation, Trump believed they were still classified.
But interpretations of what Trump says out of context have proven to be open to interpretation in the past.
originally posted by: Threadbare
There's an audiotape of him in July 2021 showing off a classified document to people without clearances, he admits it's classified, and he states that he didn't declassify it.
Who was President in July 2021?
originally posted by: Threadbare
Over 200,000 pages of documents were seized from Trump. Over 300 documents were classified.