Judge in Trump documents case offers compromise trial date

A federal judge in Florida has offered a compromise trial date for Donald Trump’s classified documents case. Trump’s legal team requested that the trial be delayed until after the 2024 presidential election, while federal prosecutors wanted the trial to start this December. U-S District Court Judge Aileen Cannon essentially split the difference in announcing May 20th next year as the trial date. She agreed with defense lawyers that the amount of evidence to sift through was “voluminous.” But she did not agree to wait until after voters went to the polls in next November’s election.