Judge in Trump’s classified documents case expected to set trial date

Boxes of records being stored on the stage in the ballroom at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida (Justice Department via AP)

The federal judge overseeing the classified documents prosecution of Donald Trump is expected to set a trial date on Friday.

It is a crucial decision that could affect whether the former president and leading Republican candidate faces a jury this year on charges that he hoarded top secret records and hid them from government investigators.