Trump's Lawyers Look to Push Election Interference Trial Back to 2026

Trump's Lawyers, Look to Push Election Interference , Trial Back to 2026.
Politico reports that Donald Trump's legal team has filed
court papers requesting a 2.5-year delay before choosing
a jury, citing the extraordinary circumstances of the case. .
Among those circumstances is over
11.5 million pages of evidence that prosecutors
turned over earlier in August.
Trump lawyers John Lauro and Todd Blanche's request
for an April 2026 trial date sharply contrasts prosecutors'
ambitious call for the trial to start in January of 2024. .
The defense's request gives U.S. District Court
Judge Tanya Chutkan, who said she will set
a trial date by August 28, a critical choice to make.
Trump's legal team also noted the unprecedented
nature of the former president being prosecuted
by a Justice Department led by his political rivals.
In this District, ordinary order when faced
with such overwhelming discovery is to set
a reasonable trial schedule, commensurate
with the size and scope of discovery
and complexity of the legal issues, John Lauro and Todd Blanche, Donald Trump's legal team, via Politico.
The government rejects this sensible
approach. Instead, it seeks a trial
calendar more rapid than most
no-document misdemeanors,
requesting just four months from the
beginning of discovery to jury selection, John Lauro and Todd Blanche, Donald Trump's legal team, via Politico.
However, there is a possibility that Trump could be back
in the White House by the suggested start date.
This means that Trump could appoint an
attorney general who could dismiss the charges,
or he could issue himself a presidential pardon.
Trump has been charged by special
counsel Jack Smith with three conspiracies
to overturn the results of the 2020 election.