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Trump asks the judge to delay the start of his classified documents trial

The former president foreshadowed some of the legal challenges he will mount against the unprecedented federal criminal case against him.
Pages from the unsealed federal indictment of former President Donald Trump. On Monday he asked a Florida judge to delay his trial. Prosecutors asked for it to begin in December.
Updated July 11, 2023 at 7:38 AM ET

Former President Donald Trump is asking a judge to delay setting a trial date in his , citing the extraordinary nature of a prosecution that could happen during the 2024 presidential race and what his lawyers cast as complex legal issues.In a court filing late Monday, Trump attorneys cite "the sheer

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