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Bloomberg

Former US president Donald Trump is facing an August 14, 2023, trial date in the case against him by the federal government alleging the mishandling of classified documents.
Trump is accused of unlawfully holding on to sensitive national security information after he left the White House in January 2021 and of obstructing the government’s efforts to identify and retrieve the records.
Last week, he pleaded not guilty in a Miami federal courtroom to federal charges he mishandled state secrets.
US District Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday ordered the trial to begin quickly. Last week, Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed to investigate Trump, asked for a speedy trial in the case.
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The August 14 trial date is not set in stone. Lawyers for the former president could file motions asking for delay, either because they need more time to prepare for trial or for other reasons.
Trump, who is making a comeback bid for the White House, is the first former president who has faced federal criminal charges.
Prosecutors claim Trump kept highly sensitive papers at his Mar-a-Lago resort, some of which they say address nuclear programmes and military attack plans. The indictment accuses Trump of 37 counts.
Some carry prison sentences as long as 10 years. Other charges carry up to 20-year maximum terms.


Trump, the leading candidate for the Republican nomination for next year’s presidential race, has denied wrongdoing and assailed the case as politically motivated.
Trump faces mounting legal threats as he pursues a second term. The federal case against him, brought by Smith, follows a New York state criminal case set for trial in Manhattan in March.
That prosecution is over hush money payments made to a porn star just ahead of the 2016 election that Trump won. He has pleaded not guilty and said it’s part of a larger political effort to take him down.
Trump also faces potential state charges in Georgia for allegations he interfered in the 2020 election result and federal charges related to the January 6 attack on the Capitol.


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