Judge Aileen Cannon, whom Trump appointed, also didn't appear sympathetic to the special counsel's desire to start the trial in December.
Judge Aileen Cannon appeared skeptical to Donald Trump's push to delay his federal criminal trial beyond the election of November 2024.
But Judge Aileen Cannon, whom Trump appointed to the federal bench, seemed no warmer toward the Department of Justice's position that the trial should begin in mid-December. The Tuesday afternoon proceeding marked the first pretrial hearing in the unprecedented federal criminal case against the former president and his aide, Walt Nauta.
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