The 682,000 records includes more than 130,000 additional records since Judge Aileen Cannon set a trial date on July 21, 2023.
Cannon, a Trump appointee, is overseeing the case in which the former president is accused of illegally retaining classified documents, hoarding them at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida and obstructing attempts by federal officials to retrieve them. The former president has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. He has denied any wrongdoing in the case and claimed that the documents he retained were personal.
Newsweek sought comment from Trump’s attorney on Monday.
Smith has complained several times to Cannon that Trump is using the request for documents to delay the trial until after the 2024 presidential election.
If elected president, Trump may be able to pardon himself or appoint a favorable attorney general who would drop the charges.
Under federal rules, Judge Cannon designated the case as “complex,” which allows her to extend the date until trial. She issued the designation because of the difficulties in dealing with a large volume of highly sensitive classified documents in the case. The trial has been pushed from May until July or August as a result.
