Trial date set for next May in Trump’s classified documents case

Former US president Donald Trump faces charges of illegally retaining classified documents (Patrick Semansky/AP/PA)

A federal judge in Florida has set a trial date for next May for former president Donald Trump in a case charging him with illegally retaining hundreds of classified documents.

The May 20 2024 date is a compromise between a request from prosecutors to set the trial for this December and a request from defence lawyers to schedule it after the 2024 presidential election.