A court sketch depicts former President Donald Trump as he appears in federal court in Fort Pierce, Florida on Thursday, March 14, 2024. Trump’s lawyers are asking Judge Aileen Cannon to dismiss special counsel Jack Smith’s charges pertaining to Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents. (Lothar Speer)
Cannon also scheduled deadlines for reports on May 31, June 10, June 17; and another non-evidentiary hearing on a motion to dismiss on June 21 "based on unlawful appointment and funding of special counsel."
Cannon also said an additional hearing would take place from June 24 to June 26, and set deadlines for disclosures from the special counsel for early July and the defendants’ speedy trial report for July 19 — the final day of the Republican National Convention.
Cannon scheduled a status conference for July 22, and another hearing for later that day.
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Cannon did not schedule a new trial date.
Trump was charged out of Smith’s investigation into his retention of classified materials. Trump pleaded not guilty to all 37 felony charges from Smith’s probe, including willful retention of national defense information, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and false statements.
Former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. (Charles Trainor Jr./Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
"This email conveys Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General (AG) [Merrick Garland] approval for conversion to a full investigation," a synopsis of the restricted document reads.
Also, last week, Special Counsel Jack Smith and federal prosecutors admitted in a court filing that documents seized during the raid on Mar-a-Lago are no longer in their original order and sequence.
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"There are some boxes where the order of items within that box is not the same as in the associated scans," Smith's filing states.
The prosecutors had previously told the court that the documents were "in their original, intact form as seized."
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan is now investigating whether that evidence was "altered or manipulated."
Smith also charged Trump in a separate jurisdiction--in Washington D.C.--out of his investigation into election interference and Jan. 6. Trump pleaded not guilty to those charges as well.
That trial is also postponed indefinitely. The Supreme Court is considering arguments on presidential immunity and whether Trump is immune from prosecution in Smith's case.
The high court is expected to rule on the matter by mid-June.
Fox News' Jake Gibson contributed to this report.
Brooke Singman is a political correspondent and reporter for Fox News Digital, Fox News Channel and FOX Business.
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