U.S. prosecutors on Thursday asked a federal judge to begin former President Donald Trump’s trial on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election on Jan. 2, 2024.
That date would have the trial get underway just two weeks before the first votes are cast in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, a race in which Trump is the front-runner.
U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office said in Thursday’s court filing that it believes it will take about four to six weeks to put forward the bulk of their case against Trump at trial.
Hehe.
“No we’re not going to let you go to that. Flight risk.”
“Yes we’re absolutely going to file a warrant and keep your bail… don’t worry, we’ll donate it to little kids or something.”