Donald Trump's Florida criminal case over classified documents indefinitely delayed

A criminal trial against Donald Trump on charges of illegally keeping classified documents has been indefinitely postponed.

This greatly reduces the odds he will face a jury in either of the two federal criminal cases against him before the November 5 US election. The charges include violations of the Espionage Act, which criminalises the unauthorised possession of national defence information, as well as conspiracy to obstruct justice and making false statements to investigators.

In a separate case brought by Mr Smith involving Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, the US Supreme Court seems poised to recognise that former presidents have at least some immunity from prosecution over official actions. "We're in this absolutely unprecedented situation where a defendant is potentially going to have the power to shut down his own prosecution," said George Washington University law professor Randall Eliason, an expert in white-collar criminal cases.In an April Reuters/Ipsos poll, nearly a quarter of Republican respondents and more than half of independents indicated they would not vote for Mr Trump if a jury convicts him of a felony.

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