The suspension marks yet another delay in a prosecution where Cannon has yet to even set a new trial date, casting further doubt on the chances the case will come before a jury ahead of the election.
It also scuttles an important discussion over what classified documents Trump and his co-defendants wish to use at trial – a battle now waylaid by the former president even as prosecutors argue “intra-box document sequencing” has no bearing on how the defendants will build their case.
Cannon did not set a new deadline on the matter, and settling how classified documents will be handled at trial could itself take months to resolve.
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