The “slow pace” of the Florida judge who is set to preside over former President Donald Trump’s classified documents federal trial will likely push the proceedings into late summer, if not well past November’s election, according to reports.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has yet to set a trial date despite getting proposed dates last month from Trump’s legal team and special counsel Jack Smith. Trump proposed an August trial, while Smith wanted a July start. That delay has allowed Trump’s legal team to put off filing pre-trial motions that have successfully pushed back the start of his other criminal trials.

“This does seem to be moving more slowly and less sequentially than other cases that I have seen,” former Justice Department national security prosecutor David Aaron told the Associated Press.

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