The attorneys for former president Donald Trump invoked the 2024 presidential campaign in court papers late Monday, arguing that for a host of legal and political reasons, Trump’s classified-documents trial should be pushed far past the December timeframe proposed by the Justice Department.
In a 12-page filing, lawyers Christopher Kise and Todd Blanche claimed that putting the former president on trial later this year for alleged mishandling of classified papers and obstruction — even as he seeks the Republican nomination to return to the White House — would be "unreasonable, telling and would result in a miscarriage of justice."
The lawyers asked U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon not to set a date for the trial for the time being, while the two sides work through pre-trial motions and hearings. They suggested that to ensure a fair jury, the trial should not be held until after the presidential election.
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