Updated On: 08 May, 2024 02:23 PM IST | Washington | IANS
It is therefore unlikely that the trial will begin before the US presidential election in November

Donald Trump. Pic/AFP
The official start of the trial against former US President Donald Trump in the affair surrounding the retention of secret government documents has been postponed indefinitely.
The previously planned start of the trial on May 20 has been cancelled, the judge in charge, Aileen Cannon, announced in a letter on Tuesday. She said unresolved legal issues were behind the postponement.