Donald Trump’s legal team has requested a 30-day extension to respond to the government’s appeal of U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon’s dismissal of his classified-documents case, making it less likely that a ruling on whether the indictment should be restored will come before Inauguration Day.
By Perry Stein
Trump’s lawyers said they can’t meet the court’s Sept. 25 deadline because they are juggling other due dates related to Trump’s separate federal election interference case in D.C. They asked to move the 11th Circuit deadline to Oct. 25.