President Trump’s Legal Team Files For Strategic Delay

President Trump’s legal team has filed a motion to delay the start of the federal classified documents case against him. …

Originally, the trial was set to start in August of this year; however, Jack Smith’s office asked for more time and requested a new start date in December.

The former President’s lawyers argued that starting the trial so soon would be a miscarriage of justice. …

Aside from both sides needing ample time to shore up their cases, President Trump and his legal team point out that starting the trial so early is a clear form of election interference.

Multiple outlets confirmed this latest development:

Donald Trump and an aide, Walt Nauta, have asked a federal court in Florida to postpone the criminal trial in the Mar-a-Lago documents case and drop the current date, a filing by the former US president's lawyers showed https://t.co/ZlV4jZxACz

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 11, 2023

Lawyers for former president Donald Trump argued in new court papers that he will be too busy campaigning for president to properly prepare for trial, saying it should be pushed into at least 2024. https://t.co/SFKkxb4W4v

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 11, 2023

NBC News had more on the recent filings:

Monday’s filing points out that Trump is running for president and says he is the likely Republican nominee — an undertaking that “requires a tremendous amount of time and energy, and that effort will continue until the election on November 5, 2024.”

Nauta’s job, the filing says, requires him to accompany Trump during most of his campaign trips.

 

Former President Donald Trump on Monday night asked the judge overseeing his classified documents case to postpone setting a trial date and suggested it should wait until after the election. https://t.co/jSyCEWD05X

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 11, 2023

Former President Donald Trump’s defense team has asked the judge overseeing the classified documents case in Florida to postpone the trial. https://t.co/e85iZc3rK2

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 11, 2023

Daily Caller shared this statement from the President’s legal team:

“This extraordinary case presents a serious challenge to both the fact and perception of our American democracy.

The Court now presides over a prosecution advanced by the administration of a sitting President against his chief political rival, himself a leading candidate for the Presidency of the United States.”