{"id":6243,"date":"2023-10-10T20:13:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T20:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=6243"},"modified":"2023-10-10T20:26:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T20:26:32","slug":"prosecutors-say-trumps-request-to-push-back-documents-trial-not-necessary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=6243","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors Say Trump\u2019s Request to Push Back Documents Trial Not Necessary"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/documents-trial\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Prosecutors don\u2019t see any reason to push back the start of former President Donald Trump\u2019s trial for allegedly mishandling classified documents.<\/p>\n

The case is set to go to trial in May 2024. Trump\u2019s legal team wants that delayed until mid-November 2024<\/a><\/strong>, after the presidential election.<\/p>\n

\u201cNone of the issues raised in the defendants\u2019 motion warrants the continuance they request,\u201d prosecutors wrote in their response.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors disputed claims from defense attorneys that Trump and his defendants, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, hadn\u2019t been provided discovery materials in a timely manner.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Government\u2019s production of unclassified discovery has been prompt, comprehensive, thorough, and organized. The defense has complete access to it today, more than seven months before trial,\u201d prosecutors wrote. \u201cIn no way does the Government\u2019s record of unclassified discovery production in this case support a continuance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s attorneys said they haven\u2019t had a place to review the classified documents in the case.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors say that\u2019s not the issue either.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat the classified materials at issue in this case were taken from the White House and retained at Mar-a-Lago is not in dispute; what is in dispute is how that occurred, why it occurred, what Trump knew, and what Trump intended in retaining them \u2013 all issues that the Government will prove at trial primarily with unclassified evidence,\u201d prosecutors wrote. \u201cWhether the highly classified documents Trump retained at Mar-a-Lago contain national defense information is a fact Trump can try to dispute, but it will hardly be the centerpiece of the trial.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prosecutors did acknowledge some special evidence handling requirements for classified discovery.<\/p>\n

\u201cA small collection of highly sensitive and classified materials that Trump retained at the Mar-a-Lago Club are so sensitive that they require special measures, including enhanced security protocols for their transport, review, discussion, and storage,\u201d prosecutors wrote. \u201cThe special measures documents constitute a tiny subset of the total array of classified documents involved, which is itself a small subset of the total discovery produced.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those documents, prosecutors say, are so sensitive additional precautions are needed, but those precautions aren\u2019t holding up the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe defendants\u2019 allegations regarding clearances and secure facilities vastly overstate the impact on their access to classified discovery and their ability to prepare for trial, and do not justify a continuance,\u201d prosecutors said.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said all but a tiny portion of the evidence has already been made available to the defense.<\/p>\n

Trump, 77, is the front-runner for the Republican nomination for president. He faces legal challenges across the country as he seeks the GOP nomination, including four criminal cases, two of which were filed in federal court by special counsel Jack Smith.<\/p>\n

In June, Trump pleaded not guilty to 37 counts that allege he kept sensitive military documents, shared them with people who didn\u2019t have security clearance, and tried to thwart the government\u2019s efforts to get them back. In August, Trump\u2019s attorneys entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf to additional charges in the documents case. Charges in a superseding indictment allege Trump attempted to delete surveillance video at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida.<\/p>\n

Brett Rowland
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