MIAMI (TND) — Judge Aileen Cannon, the federal judge appointed by then-President Donald Trump who is overseeing his classified documents trial in Miami, abruptly canceled the trial's already-long delayed start date Tuesday.

The case has had multiple fits-and-starts, especially concerning the formal start of the trial, since Trump was indicted over a year ago by a federal grand jury in Miami on almost 40 felony counts related to violations of the Espionage Act and conspiracy to obstruct justice.

In the statement issued by her office, Cannon claimed that there were too many pre-trial motions and considerations of other parts of U.S. legal code -- notably the Classified Information Procedures Act, which aims to prevent criminal defendants in possession of sensitive government secrets from revealing or threatening to reveal such during legal proceedings.

“The Court also determines that finalization of a trial date at this juncture – before resolution of the myriad and interconnected pre-trial and CIPA [Classified Information Procedures Act] issues remaining and forthcoming – would be imprudent and inconsistent with the Court’s duty to fully and fairly consider the various pending pre-trial motions before the Court, critical CIPA issues, and additional pretrial and trial preparations necessary to present this case to a jury,” the statement reads in part.

The order from Cannon had been expected in light of still-unresolved issues in the case and because Trump is currently on trial in a separate case in Manhattan charging him in connection with hush money payments during the 2016 presidential election. The New York case involves several of the same lawyers representing him in the federal case in Florida.

Trump's lawyers have also brought a challenge of the nature of his prosecution before the Supreme Court, arguing that he has executive immunity from these crimes, and others across the 91 charges in his four criminal indictments, due to the alleged law-breaking occuring in the course of his time as president.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report

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