The lawyers of the former US president donald trump proposed this Thursday to schedule the trial on federal charges of conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election for April 2026, a date well after next year’s presidential election.
The proposal comes as prosecutor Jack Smith is pushing for the trial of this case to begin January 2, 2024.one of four criminal investigations Trump faces during his campaign to return to the White House.
“The public interest is based on justice and due process, not on hasty judgmentthe former president’s lawyers said in the request.
The lawyers claim it would take them months to process the files and that starting the trial in January would mean reading Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” 78 times a day, “99,762 pages a day”.
The judge will decide on the trial date on August 28.
“The date proposed by the government for the trial (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 argued in his petition. said. 2.
This is the most serious charge of the four against Trumpincluding one for violating campaign finance laws for allegedly hiding silent payments for 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.
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