Trump's ex-lawyer points out 'richest' moment of Judge Cannon's scheduling hearing

Trump's former attorney says the classified docs judge has only herself to blame for letting so much time suck away.

During a hearing in Fort Pierce, Florida, on Friday, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon appeared indecisive about landing on a date to set trial for former President Donald Trump's criminal classified documents case.

"I think it's the richest thing that happened today was when she said you know, pointed to all the motions that were pending as a reason for why it was going to be difficult to be prepared," said Ty Cobb, who appeared on CNN's "Out Front" and represented the 45th president during the Mueller investigation. "Well, Jack Smith and his team proposed a schedule months ago that would have resolved half of those motions and had the case ready to go on a schedule that would have ended before now."

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"And she rejected that and she delayed all the serious work that is necessary under the Classified Procedures Act."

Cobb is convinced that Cannon is going to to continue to keep delaying the trial "repeatedly to get beyond the election."

The case accuses the ex-president of obstruction for stashing boxes and boxes of classified files he took with him from the White House to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, after being defeated in the 2020 presidential election.

Cannon had requested Trump's attorneys and Special Counsel Jack Smith to offer scheduling proposals this week to calendar the case sometime before 2025.

"This case can be tried this summer,” Smith's team member, Jay Bratt, said while pushing for a July 8 trial date.

Trump's attorney Todd Blanche offered an August 12, but stressed, “We very much believe that a trial that takes place before the election is a mistake and should not happen. The easy solution is to start this trial after the election.”

Cannon remained uncommitted but said, “a lot of work remains to be done.”

"So I think the trial date, even the Trump proposed today is highly unlikely," he said. "I think they only propose the August date as a chess piece in the D.C. case, they would love to have her schedule August date as knowing that she'll move it to hold off Jack Smith in D.C."

"And I think that's I think that was their game plan and I think that they're likely to succeed in that."

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