Don’t Expect the Trump Trial Over Classified Documents to Happen in August
- Confidentiality issues could delay August 14 trial date
- Trump lawyers should ‘push to have access to everything’
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The Justice Department is on a tight timetable to work out conditions for using classified information in the upcoming trial against Donald Trump, a crucial process that the former president could use to help drag out the proceedings until after the November 2024 presidential election.
Special Counsel Jack Smith has already reached an agreement with US intelligence agencies to use up to 31 documents containing national defense information that are at the core of the case against the former president, according to two people familiar with the case who asked to remain anonymous speaking about the confidential matter.