“I assume Trump’s lawyers were choosing between suggesting a trial date in 2026 and one in 3026, so 2026 is by far the sooner date,” one law professor joked. Attorneys for Donald Trump on Thursday requested an April 2026 trial date for the former president to face federal charges stemming from his sweeping effort to overturn the […]
U.S. Justice Department prosecutors on Thursday asked for a January 2, 2024, start date for the trial of the criminal case against former President Donald Trump accusing him of illegally conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. In a filing with U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington, the office of […]
WASHINGTON — Former U.S. President Donald Trump contended Sunday that the federal judge randomly picked to oversee the trial accusing him of conspiring to overturn his 2020 reelection defeat wouldn’t be fair to him and should be replaced. He also said that the case should be moved out of Washington, where residents overwhelmingly voted against him, […]
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is asking a federal judge to delay his trial on a 37-count indictment that alleges he illegally took classified documents with him to his oceanside Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida when his presidency ended and then conspired with an aide, Walt Nauta, to keep government investigators from retrieving them. Prosecutors had already asked […]