负责调查前总统的法官唐纳德·特朗普的根据一项新的命令，对机密文件的处理暂停了任何涉及有问题的机密材料的诉讼，因为她考虑了特朗普关于延长案件最后期限的请求。
争论的焦点是，基于国家安全的要求，被告和他们的律师将如何处理处于案件中心的机密材料。
在艾琳·坎农法官为这些问题的裁决设定了几个最后期限后，特朗普的法律团队上个月提出动议要求她延长三个月，说特朗普和他的共同被告仍然无法获得“特别顾问办公室定性为机密并承认是可发现的材料的重要部分——更不用说特朗普总统在预期的发现诉讼后有权获得的额外机密材料了。”
坎农周五的命令暂时暂停了即将到来的最后期限，因为她考虑了特朗普的动议。
2023年10月3日，在纽约最高法院继续进行民事商业欺诈审判之前，前总统唐纳德·特朗普坐在法庭上。
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特别顾问杰克·史密斯的办公室在最近的一份文件中表示，一些文件非常敏感，不能与案件中的其他文件一起存储在佛罗里达州的一个安全设施中。史密斯的团队告诉法院，这些文件可以在华盛顿特区的一个安全设施中查阅。
法宝不服罪检察官说，他一再拒绝归还数百份包含从美国核机密到国家国防能力等机密信息的文件，并采取措施阻挠政府收回文件的努力。
审判目前定于5月20日开始。
Judge pauses litigation in classified docs case while mulling Trump's request for extension
The judge overseeing the probe into former PresidentDonald Trump'shandling of classified documents has paused any litigation involving the classified materials in question as she considers a request from Trump to extend deadlines in the case, according to a new order.
At issue is how the classified materials at the center of the case are to be handled by the defendants and their attorneys, based on national security requirements.
After Judge Aileen Cannon established several deadlines for ruling on those issues, Trump's legal team last monthfiled a motionasking her for a three-month extension, saying that Trump and his co-defendants have still not had access "to significant portions of the materials that the Special Counsel’s Office has characterized as classified and conceded are discoverable -- much less the additional classified materials to which President Trump is entitled following anticipated discovery litigation."
Cannon's order on Friday temporarily pauses the upcoming deadlines as she considers Trump's motion.
Special counsel Jack Smith's 's office said in a recent filing that some documents are so sensitive that they cannot be stored in a secure facility in Florida with the other documents in the case. Smith's team has told the court that the documents can be made available in a secure facility in Washington, D.C., for review.
Trumppleaded not guiltyin June to 37 criminal counts related to his handling of classified materials, after prosecutors said he repeatedly refused to return hundreds of documents containing classified information ranging from U.S. nuclear secrets to the nation's defense capabilities, and took steps to thwart the government's efforts to get the documents back.
The trial is currently set to begin on May 20.
