"Trump Attends High-Stakes Closed Hearing for Classified Documents Trial in Florida"

Donald Trump is expected to attend a court hearing where his lawyers will present defense theories in a criminal case over his retention of classified documents and obstruction of justice. The hearing, conducted behind closed doors, will involve arguments about redactions and substitutions to the classified documents. Trump's legal team aims to fashion trial defenses around the argument that the classified documents no longer constituted "national defense information" when he was caught with them in 2022. The judge's rulings on redactions and access to prosecutors' filings could be appealed, and the case is nearing a critical juncture with a scheduled hearing to set a new trial date on 1 March. Trump's legal strategy includes seeking delays to potentially align with the 2024 election and appoint a loyalist attorney general who could drop the charges against him.