Special counsel Jack Smith has proposed taking the case to trial early next year, while Trump's lawyers argued that it should be held in spring of 2026.

The federal judge presiding over Donald Trump’s criminal election interference case shut down a bid by the former president to set his trial more than two-and-a-half years away.

“This case is not going to trial in 2026,” Judge Tanya Chutkan said in a hearing Monday morning in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., NBC News reported.

But the judge also said that she would reject a proposal by federal prosecutors to bring the case to trial in less than five months.

  • Buelldozer@lemmy.today
    228·
    1 year ago

    Yeah, both parties are playing games with the trial dates. Prosecution wants to rush a date so that it will interfere with campaigning while the Defense wants a date so far in the future that practically speaking it will no longer matter.

    • roguetrick@kbin.social
      19·
      1 year ago

      So prosecution always wants a faster date, because it increases the chances witnesses stay consistent and nothing surprising happens. They bring the case when they think they can win it, so they’re generally always ready to go immediately. I wouldn’t call it political.