Special counsel Jack Smith urged against delaying the Florida classified documents trial.
Federal prosecutor Jack Smith warned a judge presiding over one of the criminal cases against Donald Trump not to be 'manipulated' into delaying the trial.Lawyers for the former president have attempted to have the case in Florida adjourned until after one in Washington, D.C., has taken place because, as they put it, the schedule of trials 'currently require President Trump and his lawyers to be in two places at once.'Smith, a U.S.
government and so must be turned over for archiving when a presidential term ends.The Florida case is one of two brought against Trump by Smith. Another, in D.C., relates to allegations the former president attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 election, which saw Joe Biden elected. Trump faces several other criminal trials, including one in Georgia on allegations of a conspiracy to unlawfully overturn the state's 2020 election results.
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