Attorneys representing former President Donald Trump have submitted a request to the judge overseeing his federal election interference trial. They are seeking to delay the trial’s start date until April 2026, which is approximately one and a half years after the next presidential election. Special counsel Jack Smith had proposed a start date of January 2, 2024, arguing that expeditious proceedings would serve the public’s best interests. Smith estimated that the trial would take no longer than four to six weeks.
Trump’s legal team argues that the proposed timeline is an attempt to undermine the former president’s ability to prepare a defense. In their filing, they describe the case as unprecedented in American history and claim that President Joe Biden’s administration has targeted Trump, who they consider to be their primary political opponent and potential leading candidate in the upcoming presidential election, with criminal prosecution. They argue that the administration has allocated significant resources, including the establishment of a special counsel’s office and a large team focused solely on this case.
The attorneys also highlight the extensive length of Smith’s investigation, which has taken more than two and a half years. They point to the massive volume of discovery materials, amounting to 11.5 million pages of documents or terabytes of data. Reviewing these documents at a pace that would meet the government’s proposed deadline for jury selection would require reading approximately 99,762 pages per day, which the attorneys liken to reading Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” cover to cover 78 times a day, every day, until jury selection.
Singer, one of Trump’s attorneys, asserts that the government’s objective is evident: to deprive President Trump and his legal team of a fair opportunity to prepare for trial. He requests that the court deny the government’s request for an expedited timeline.
It is worth noting that Trump has now been indicted in four separate jurisdictions. These include the federal election interference case in Washington, a federal case investigating his handling of classified documents in Florida, a state case in New York focused on hush money payments to an adult film star, and a recently filed indictment in Georgia relating to his attempts to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential results.
This legal maelstrom presents a significant possibility that Trump may have to stand trial while campaigning for the 2024 presidential race. This situation has already prompted Trump to attempt to push his trial dates beyond the next election.
As it currently stands, Trump could potentially face trial on January 2 for the federal case related to the alleged scheme to overturn the election. He could then face additional trial dates on March 4 for the Georgia election interference case, March 25 for the hush money trial in New York City, and May 20 for the case in Florida involving the mishandling of classified documents.
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