Trump Trial Delay to Dec. 11 Sought by US in Documents Case

Judge in Florida had scheduled trial to start in August
Delay gives Trump’s lawyers more time to get clearance

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By Joel Rosenblatt and Erik Larson

June 23, 2023 at 11:52 PM UTC

Updated on

June 24, 2023 at 12:39 AM UTC

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The US Justice Department has proposed delaying until December the trial of former president Donald Trump over his retention of classified documents due to the sensitive nature of some evidence.

Trump is accused of unlawfully holding on to national security information after he left the White House in January 2021 and of obstructing the government’s efforts to identify and retrieve the records.