"Special Counsel Slams Trump's Attempt to Postpone Documents Trial Until 2024 Election"

Special counsel Jack Smith's team has criticized former President Donald Trump's attempt to delay his criminal trial until after the 2024 election, calling it unfounded and "borderline frivolous." Prosecutors argue that federal law and the Constitution require the trial to proceed as soon as possible, rejecting Trump's claims that the issues raised are complex or unprecedented. They also dismiss Trump's contention that the Presidential Records Act provides him with a defense. The prosecution has provided Trump's legal team with 4,500 pages of key documents out of an 800,000-page batch of unclassified evidence. The trial is set to open in mid-December, a year earlier than Trump has requested.