Donald Trump proposes that trial on federal charges begin in 2026

The former president’s lawyers US donald trump proposed this Thursday to schedule for April 2026 the trial on federal charges of conspiring to reverse the 2020 electiona date much later than the presidential elections of the next year.

The proposal comes at a time when the prosecutor jack smith is pressing for the trial of this case to begin on January 2, 2024, one of the four criminal investigations facing Trump in the midst of his campaign to return to the White House.

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“The public interest is based on justice and a fair trial, not a hasty judgment”the former president’s lawyers said in the request.

The lawyers argue that it would take them months to process the case documents and that starting the trial in January would mean as much as reading Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” 78 times a day.99,762 pages per day”.

The judge will decide the trial date on August 28.

“The government’s proposed trial date (January 2) represents an appropriate balance between the defendant’s right to prepare his defense and the strong public interest in a speedy trial in the case.”, Smith had previously said in his petition to the court to begin on January 2.

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This is the most serious criminal indictment of the four Trump faces, including one for breaking campaign finance laws for allegedly hiding hush payments from a porn star.

Trump is also indicted on charges of mishandling dozens of classified documents he removed from the White House when he left office, including military plans and nuclear secrets, and conspiring with his staff to hide them from investigators.

Source: Elcomercio

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