Judge Pauses Litigation In Classified Docs Case While Mulling Trump’s Request For Extension

Posted on October 6, 2023
Judge Pauses Litigation In Classified Docs Case While Mulling Trump’s Request For Extension

MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 4 :Former President of the United States Donald J. Trump appears in the hallway of the courthouse to speak to the press on day three of the civil fraud trial in Manhattan, New York, United States on October 4, 2023. (Photo by Kyle Mazza/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

After Judge Aileen Cannon established several deadlines for ruling on those issues, Trump’s legal team last month filed a motion asking her for a three-month extension, saying that Trump and his co-defendants have still not had access “to significant portions of the materials that the Special Counsel’s Office has characterized as classified and conceded are discoverable — much less the additional classified materials to which President Trump is entitled following anticipated discovery litigation.”

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