The Department of Justice says Donald Trump should go on trial in December on charges related to retaining classified documents after he left the White House.
's trial should start in Florida on Dec. 11, and not wait until after the 2024 presidential election as Trump and his co-defendant Walt Nauta have requested."There is no basis in law or fact for proceeding in such an indeterminate and open-ended fashion, and the Defendants provide none," Smith's prosecutors wrote in their filing U.S. District Court in West Palm Beach, Florida.
"A speedy trial is a foundational requirement of the Constitution and the United States Code, not a Government preference that must be justified," the special counsel's team added. "Defendants' claim that this Court could not select an impartial jury until after the presidential election does not justify further delay here."
In their own filing Tuesday night, lawyers for Trump and Nauta, who works as Trump's personal aide, argued that Smith's proposed December start for the trial is "unrealistic" given the volume of evidence and special circumstances of the case.
He and Nauta, who is accused of aiding him in that alleged effort, have pleaded not guilty in the case.
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