2024 Trial Date Set , for Criminal Classified Documents , Case Against Trump.<br />The classified documents case against <br />former President Donald Trump will begin <br />on May 20, 2024, NBC News reports.<br />The classified documents case against <br />former President Donald Trump will begin <br />on May 20, 2024, NBC News reports.<br />Judge Aileen Cannon, the federal judge <br />overseeing the criminal trial, filed documents on July 21 which included the start date of the high-profile case.<br />NBC reports that the start date is a few months after the <br />time frame counsel Jack Smith had requested and ahead of the post-election date requested by Trump's legal team. .<br />Earlier this week, defense attorneys <br />and federal prosecutors met at a hearing <br />to argue for their preferred trial timelines.<br />The prosecution wanted a start date of <br />December 11, 2023, while Trump's defense team <br />pushed for the trial to be held after the 2024 election. .<br />The former president is facing 37 counts that <br />include willfully retaining national defense information, <br />obstruction of justice and making false statements.<br />A former White House valet is also facing <br />six felony counts for aiding Trump in hiding <br />top-secret documents from investigators. .<br />Both men have pleaded not guilty to <br />the numerous charges against them.<br />In March, Trump is facing another <br />criminal trial in Manhattan. <br />He has also pleaded not guilty in that case.<br />34 felony counts were brought against <br />the former president, stemming from allegations <br />that he falsified business records in order to hide <br />hush money payments amid the 2016 election
