The Democrats’ hopes have just been shattered after the judge in President Donald Trump’s classified documents case officially removed the trial from the calendar.
The move shuts down Special Counsel Jack Smith’s anti-Trump case, ensuring that it will never go to trial before the 2024 election, as the Democrats had hoped.
As Slay News recently reported, Judge Aileen Cannon indefinitely postponed the trial after it had emerged that the prosecution had been tampering with evidence.
The trial was scheduled for May 20, and while Democrats may have been hoping the case could get back on track before November, those hopes have now been crushed after it has officially been removed from the calendar.
The numerous unresolved pre-trial issues mean the case will now likely never make it to court, even if Trump doesn’t win in November.
It’s a victory for Trump and his strategy of delay.
However, not many could have predicted that the case would crash and burn so early on.
Prosecutor Jack Smith has furiously pushed for a pre-election trial date, without saying so directly.
Judge Cannon’s refusal to adhere to Smith’s political timeline has infuriated Democrats.
Democrats accuse the judge, without evidence, of tipping the scales in Trump’s favor.
In a brief ruling, Judge Cannon vacated a May 20 trial date and said that unresolved issues in the case.
She noted that the issues raise “novel and difficult questions,” making rescheduling it impractical.
The ruling appears to dash Smith’s hopes for a trial in July, as it now won’t likely happen at all.