![Trump classified documents trial could be delayed, as judge considers schedule changes](https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2023/08/07/a3e5b786-3814-47b3-9e8a-5d54c61422d2/thumbnail/1200x630/4d489a8ac1f1432c823eac41e94691b8/cnn-l19jb21wb25lbnrzl2ltywdll2luc3rhbmnlcy9szwrlltkxyjuzymrjote5mgm2zmfjnzq2mmrhmgjlyznjnzdj-l19wywdlcy9oxzbhzdk2mzzkogy0nzvjzwfkody3ndhjmdk1yzcwndni.jpg?v=4d0a8a0e724da64f433bf70cf12725a2)
Trump classified documents trial could be delayed, as judge considers schedule changes
CBSN
Ft. Pierce, Florida — The special counsel's classified documents case against former President Donald Trump faces the possibility of delays that would take the trial deeper into the 2024 election cycle, after a federal judge in Florida indicated Wednesday she might grant Trump's request to alter the pretrial schedule.
Judge Aileen Cannon — a Trump appointee to the federal bench — heard arguments on Wednesday from the former president's attorneys and special counsel Jack Smith's team over Trump's attempt to change the litigation schedule in a way that could push the trial date — currently scheduled for May 2024 — until after the 2024 presidential election.
"I'm having a hard time seeing how this schedule could work with such compressed schedules of so many trials in multiple jurisdictions," Cannon said from the bench Wednesday, noting that Trump has another federal case, also brought by Smith, in Washington, D.C., which is set to go to trial in Jan. 2024, as well as other legal deadlines stemming from the state charges he faces.
![](/newspic/picid-6252001-20250214202746.jpg)
Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a high-stakes meeting at this year's Munich Security conference to discuss the Trump administration's efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Vance said the U.S. seeks a "durable" peace, while Zelenskyy expressed the desire for extensive discussions to prepare for any end to the conflict.
![](/newspic/picid-6252001-20250214133557.jpg)
Washington — The Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce, the nation's largest employer, by ordering agencies to lay off nearly all probationary employees who hadn't yet gained civil service protection - potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of workers.
![](/newspic/picid-6252001-20250214133528.jpg)
It was Labor Day weekend 2003 when Matt Scribner, a local horse farrier and trainer who also competes in long-distance horse races, was on his usual ride in a remote part of the Sierra Nevada foothills — just a few miles northeast of Auburn, California —when he noticed a freshly dug hole along the trail that piqued his curiosity.