FORT PIERCE, Fla. (NewsNation) — Former President Donald Trump faces another day in federal court Friday as he tries to get his classified documents case against him dismissed or, at least, delayed.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, whom Trump appointed during his administration, could decide to delay the start of the Florida trial, which is currently scheduled to begin May 20. However, Cannon declined his request to delay the trial back in November when she initially announced Friday’s hearing.
She could also rule on Trump’s motion to dismiss the case entirely.
Special counsel Jack Smith filed a request asking the judge that the trial begin in July. Trump’s legal team in their own filings complained again to Cannon that Trump can’t be tried fairly until after the November election but ultimately proposed an Aug. 12 start date.
However, Trump’s lawyers will push to dismiss the charges outright based on his claim of presidential immunity, which claims his decision to bring the documents to his Mar-a-Lago estate occurred while he was president.
It’s an argument the U.S. Supreme Court said Wednesday it would consider in Trump’s other federal election interference case.
Trump is trying to argue that the prosecution against him is flawed and that the charges conflict with another law on the use of “presidential records.”
“I am covered by the very important Presidential Records Act, and therefore, I did absolutely nothing wrong. Nothing wrong,” Trump said a few weeks ago.
