Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and special counsel Jack Smith's team of prosecutors will fight over a proposed trial date Monday in Washington, D.C., as the GOP front-runner attempts to delay trial until after the 2024 election.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, will hear from both parties over their conflicting requests for trial starts. The former president and GOP front-runner for the 2024 presidential nomination would like the trial to begin in April 2026, and Smith has asked Chutkan to start it on Jan. 2, 2024.Since his Aug.
Smith's team pushed back on Lauro's assertion that the defense would need to sift through the documents in part because attorneys review such records using electronic keyword searches and that most of the evidence shared by the Justice Department is already public domain. Trump pleaded not guilty on Aug. 3 to four federal felony charges over Smith's accusations that he engaged in a scheme to overturn the will of voters and maintain power after losing the 2020 election, resulting in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Two counts relate to the disruption of Congress's certification of the electoral vote on Jan. 6, one for allegedly scheming to defraud the United States, and a fourth charge of conspiracy to deprive citizens of their right to have their vote counted.
The same special counsel's office is also prosecuting Trump in Florida federal court for allegedly mishandling classified records after leaving the Oval Office in January 2021. The Florida trial is set for May, and Smith's team has said any potential scheduling conflicts with that matter can be worked out on a case-by-case basis.
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