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Story · June 20, 2023

Judge Sets Tentative August Trial Date in Trump Documents Case

By The Daily Fuckup Newsroom · From the June 20, 2023 edition

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Correction: Judge Cannon set a tentative two-week trial window beginning Aug. 14, 2023, and a July 24 deadline for pretrial motions; the schedule remained subject to change.

A federal judge in Florida on June 20, 2023, set a trial window beginning Aug. 14 in Donald Trump’s classified-documents case and ordered pretrial motions filed by July 24. The scheduling order did not lock the case into a fixed start date; it said the case was set for trial during the two-week period commencing Aug. 14, 2023, or as soon thereafter as the case may be called. ([justice.gov](https://www.justice.gov/storage/US-v-Trump-Nauta-De-Oliveira-23-80101.pdf?utm_source=openai))

The order put the prosecution on a public timetable after months of courtroom motion practice. It did not decide any part of the case on the merits. Trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith’s office. ([justice.gov](https://www.justice.gov/storage/US-v-Trump-Nauta-De-Oliveira-23-80101.pdf?utm_source=openai))

The indictment alleges that Trump retained and caused the movement of sensitive government records after leaving office, including material prosecutors describe as national defense information. It also says boxes containing classified material were taken to Mar-a-Lago, which prosecutors say was not an authorized place to store such records. Those allegations remain contested, but the case now had a formal trial calendar and a deadline for the next round of pretrial filings. ([justice.gov](https://www.justice.gov/storage/US-v-Trump-Nauta-De-Oliveira-23-80101.pdf?utm_source=openai))

The practical effect of the order was to narrow the timetable. The court still could revisit the schedule, and classified-material litigation can complicate any criminal case. But as of June 20, the parties were on notice: motions were due by July 24, and the court had opened a trial window for mid-August. ([justice.gov](https://www.justice.gov/storage/US-v-Trump-Nauta-De-Oliveira-23-80101.pdf?utm_source=openai))

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