The judge presiding over the Mar-a-Lago classified papers lawsuit of GOP front-runner Donald Trump for 2024 denied his effort to postpone court deadlines on Thursday. US District Judge Aileen Cannon decided to uphold the deadline of February 22 but said that cases submitted after that date will be taken into consideration if needed.
The Trump-appointed judge said in her filing that "February 22, 2024 remains the deadline to submit pre-trial motions (as distinguished from petitions in limine requesting the exclusion of particular evidence/arguments from being offered at trial)".
"However, the Court will consider such arguments as appropriate, but only upon a particularized and timely showing that events post-dating February 22, 2024, clearly justify additional pre-trial briefing," the speaker continued. "To the extent the Court's resolution of the pending Motions to Compel Discovery 262 yields a specified need of any party to supplement previously filed pre-trial motions and/or to file evidentiary motions that could not reasonably have been filed by February 22, 2024," the speaker stated.
This development coincides with negotiations between Cannon, the former president's lawyers, and special counsel Jack Smith over how to address possibly classified files in front of the jury, as Newsweek reported. Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, Trump's co-defendants, have been requesting an extension to submit their evidence submissions.
Not so long ago, Cannon decided that the public would be entitled to see unredacted papers including the identities of government witnesses, citing Smith's inability to prove his case.
Additionally, she turned down Trump's plea to delay the trial itself, which is scheduled to start in May, but indicated that the timeline may be reexamined in March. The case against the former president consists of 40 criminal counts, 32 counts of breaking the Espionage Act, 6 counts of obstructing justice, and 2 counts of making false statements.
The Trump-appointed judge said in her filing that "February 22, 2024 remains the deadline to submit pre-trial motions (as distinguished from petitions in limine requesting the exclusion of particular evidence/arguments from being offered at trial)".
"However, the Court will consider such arguments as appropriate, but only upon a particularized and timely showing that events post-dating February 22, 2024, clearly justify additional pre-trial briefing," the speaker continued. "To the extent the Court's resolution of the pending Motions to Compel Discovery 262 yields a specified need of any party to supplement previously filed pre-trial motions and/or to file evidentiary motions that could not reasonably have been filed by February 22, 2024," the speaker stated.
This development coincides with negotiations between Cannon, the former president's lawyers, and special counsel Jack Smith over how to address possibly classified files in front of the jury, as Newsweek reported. Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, Trump's co-defendants, have been requesting an extension to submit their evidence submissions.
Not so long ago, Cannon decided that the public would be entitled to see unredacted papers including the identities of government witnesses, citing Smith's inability to prove his case.
Additionally, she turned down Trump's plea to delay the trial itself, which is scheduled to start in May, but indicated that the timeline may be reexamined in March. The case against the former president consists of 40 criminal counts, 32 counts of breaking the Espionage Act, 6 counts of obstructing justice, and 2 counts of making false statements.
