During his first presidential run, Trump effectively clinched the nomination at the end of May 2016 – before formally becoming the party’s nominee in July at the GOP convention in Cleveland. Oregon votes the following week and a handful of states, including New Jersey, are now scheduled to vote on June 4. The vast majority of state primaries will be finished by mid-May, although Nebraska, Maryland and West Virginia are set to hold their primary elections on May 14. Such a schedule would have a trial wrap up before primary voting gets underway in the 2024 election, where Trump is the leading GOP candidate. However, Cannon’s order also means that the case will unfold at a far slower speed than what Smith’s team was proposing, when it recommended a fast-paced timeline that would start the trial in mid-December of this year. It would be a rebuke to Trump and his legal team, who wanted to postpone the trial until after the general election takes place in November 2024. If that timeline holds, then the trial would fall deep in the 2024 race for the White House, coming amid multiple GOP presidential primaries.
A pretrial hearing in the case will be held on May 14.
US District Judge Aileen Cannon said that the trial could begin as early as May 20. (CNN) - A federal judge ordered Friday that the trial in the classified documents case that special counsel Jack Smith brought against former President Donald Trump begin in May 2024.
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