Judge Cannon quickly grants Trump's latest request for delay

Donald Trump, Aileen Cannon (Photo by AFP/ Cannon photo via U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida)

U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon granted former President Donald Trump's request to delay a filing in his classified documents case.

On Monday, Trump's legal team requested a delay in filing to disclose the experts he intends to use at trial. Cannon first set the deadlines in May.

In a Tuesday order, Cannon said she was "granting Defendants' Opposed Motion for Extension of the Deadline for Rule 16 Expert Disclosures 610. For the reasons stated in the Motion, the Court finds that good cause exists for the extension request and that no prejudice to the Special Counsel or to the proceeding will result from granting the relief sought in the Motion."

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"On or before July 8, 2024, Defendants shall file their Rule 16 expert disclosures," she added.

The judge concluded with a warning.

"Moving forward, any requests for extension or enlargement must be filed sufficiently in advance of the deadline at issue," she wrote.

Cannon has so far avoided setting a date for trial.