Trial date set by Judge Tanya S. Chutkan falls in the middle of both Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential bid and key dates in other criminal cases against him.
At the hearing in D.C. federal court Monday morning, Chutkan rejected a request by Smith’s team to start the election-obstruction trial in January, saying it would not give Trump’s legal team “enough time to get ready for trial.” On the other hand, she said, Trump’s proposal to not hold a trial until April 2026 “is far beyond what is necessary.”
The special counsel’s lawyers pushed back against the suggestion that Trump’s lawyers needed that much time to review the evidence. Prosecutor Molly Gaston said her team has produced most of the discovery – pre-trial evidence that must be turned over to the defense before trial — and that the majority was already known or available to Trump.
“We are not starting fresh at indictment in this case,” she said, noting that Lauro, shortly after Trump was charged, called the indictment a “regurgitation” of evidence gathered last yearShe also noted that Trump has repeatedly talked about his own knowledge of the evidence and about witnesses expected to testify — includingSpecial counsel Jack Smith on Aug. 1 announced four charges against former president Donald Trump in his investigation into the 2020 election.
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