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The legal team of the former president (2017-2021) and special prosecutor Jack Smith will debate the matter with Judge Aileen Cannon, who has not yet determined the trial date, which was scheduled for next May 20.
This Wednesday, a judge in Georgia dropped six of the 41 charges in the criminal case in that state against Trump and other defendants, who are charged with interfering in the 2020 electoral process.
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In Florida, the former president's lawyers have also sought to have Judge Cannon, nominated by Trump during his term, dismiss the indictment of more than 40 charges against the former president for mishandling classified documents and resisting government efforts to recover them.
Trump, who arrived at the court in Fort Pierce this morning, about 200 kilometers north of Miami, has also sought to delay the trial.
The former president's lawyers had asked to hold it on August 12 or after next November's elections, while the prosecution requested it be on July 8.
Trump is already the presumptive candidate of the Republican party who will face President Joe Biden in the November presidential elections.
The Republican has sought to delay this and the other three criminal trials he faces, alleging political motivations.
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This week, Brian Butler, a worker at Mar-a-Lago identified in the indictment as "Trump employee 5," told CNN that he does not believe the indictment for mishandling confidential documents at the former president's club in Palm Beach is a witch hunt.
Butler said he was prepared for Judge Cannon to reveal the names of the case witnesses like him, as Trump's defense has requested and which prosecutor Smith opposes.
"I think it's better, at least to say what happened than to come out in the news and have people call me crazy. I prefer to just bring it to light," said the witness.