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Havana, June 21 (RHC) To date, there is no date for the trial of former United States President Donald Trump in the case of mishandling of classified documents, nor is there any in sight.
They agree that, instead of accelerating the case to try to start Trump’s trial, Florida federal judge Aileen Cannon – appointed by the former president – has dedicated herself to listening to the haggling of the defense’s motions.
The latest chapter in the legal saga surrounding Trump is scheduled for this Friday in Cannon’s courtroom in Fort Pierce, Florida.
The justice will preside over a daylong hearing on the question of whether the appointment of special prosecutor Jack Smith in this case was appropriate under the Constitution.
The above is a similar argument that was rejected by other judges when applied to special counsel Robert Mueller, who led the investigation into Trump’s relationship with Russia, and David Weiss, who is prosecuting Hunter Biden, the son of the current occupant of the Office. Oval.
But this Monday Cannon will also hear a challenge from the defense about how Smith’s office has been funded, another line of argument that was rejected by different courts, and tomorrow he will also consider a procedural matter in court.
Criminal law experts warned that those are the kinds of motions that few judges would have considered during lengthy hearings. Instead, they say, he could have read the legal briefs and issued a ruling, but the issue here is time.
By continuing to demand hours of court time for nearly every issue in dispute, Cannon has played perfectly into the former ruler’s strategy: trying to delay the trial in this case until after the Nov. 5 election.
Although she claims that she is only trying to guarantee justice, her actions have raised doubts among jurists themselves.
Despite being almost drowned by legal problems that have kept him in court longer than in the electoral campaign, Trump – convicted and awaiting sentencing in the first criminal trial of a former president of the United States – appears as a favorite in different polls to return to office. the White House.
Trump faces 37 charges for allegedly committing seven federal crimes for handling sensitive documents that he took without permission to his Mar-a-Lago residence after leaving the executive mansion in January 2021. (Prensa Latina)
