DONALD Trump will go on trial next May over claims he illegally stashed hundreds of secret documents after leaving office.
The former president, 77, faces a two-week court case on 37 federal charges in the middle of next year’s election campaign.
Prosecutors claim he stacked boxes of documents at his home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
He is accused of retaining hundreds of files on nuclear weapons, foreign militaries and CIA operations — as well as showing them to guests at his golf club.
Trump’s lawyers had requested the trial be held after the election next November — potentially nullifying the charges as laws protect a sitting president from prosecution.
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Florida judge Eileen Cannon — herself appointed by Trump — has set a jury trial for May 20, 2024.
He has previously blasted the charges as a “travesty of justice” and claimed his treatment was reminiscent of “Stalinist Russia and communist China”.
Another trial, over alleged “hush money” paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels, is also set for a New York court next March.
Trump is still the Republican frontrunner after increasing his polling lead over rivals Ron DeSantis and Mike Pence.
