Trump’s Legal Team Asks Judge for Indefinite Delay in Documents Trial, Citing Election

Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers are asking a judge overseeing his classified documents case to indefinitely delay setting a date for the trial, arguing that holding a jury trial during a presidential election would strip Trump of his right to a fair trial. “Proceeding to trial during the pendency of a Presidential election cycle wherein opposing candidates are effectively (if not literally) directly adverse to one another in this action will create extraordinary challenges in the jury selection process and limit the Defendants’ ability to secure a fair and impartial...