Trump’s secret document retention trial set for May 20, 2024

A trial over former US President Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents has been set for mid-2024.

“The jury selection process is set for May 14 and the trial is scheduled to begin on May 20,” the federal court for the Southern District of Florida said in a ruling released Friday.

US FBI officers during the search, held in August 2022 at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, seized a total of 102 documents: 27 of them were in the office of the former US chief of staff, another 75 – in the pantry. Seventeen were labeled “top secret”.

Trump claims that there was no wrongdoing on his part, as he, as head of state, had the authority to declassify all the documents in his possession. The former president, who is going to compete again for the highest office in the upcoming 2024 elections, characterizes the charges against him as a purely political decision inspired by the current US administration headed by Joe Biden. Other prominent figures of the Republican Party of the United States have also accused the Biden administration of politicizing the case.

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