A trial date of 20 May next has been set in the case against former US president Donald Trump over the mishandling of classified documents, according to a court order.
Mr Trump's lawyers had resisted setting a date but said any trial should take place after the November 2024 presidential election, in which he is the leading contender for the Republican Party nomination.
Today's ruling came from US District Judge Aileen Cannon, who sits in Florida.
Mr Trump was indicted last month on charges that he unlawfully kept national security documents when he left office and lied to officials who sought to recover them.
The 77-year-old has pleaded not guilty.
Federal prosecutors had asked Judge Cannon to schedule the trial for December.
The case is one of several legal woes Mr Trump faces as he campaigns to return to the White House.
He is set to go to trial in New York on 25 March on separate charges that he falsified business records to conceal a hush money payment to an adult film star.
On Tuesday, Mr Trump said that he had received a letter saying he is a target of a grand jury investigation into efforts to overturn his 2020 presidential election defeat.
