Lawyers for Donald Trump on Thursday asked a federal judge in Washington to schedule an April 2026 trial for the former president, on federal charges that he allegedly sought to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.

  • @carl_dungeon
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    They’re taking the “we’ll get him off by letting him die of natural causes” approach at trial scheduling.

    • @phx
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      More like “another shot at the presidency so he can got off free and then some”

  • Nougat
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    Even the commentators about the Georgia case, with currently 19 defendants, are saying two years. This case has one defendant, and is much tighter than the GA case. And this request comes after Trump openly and publicly committed witness tampering against a witness in the GA grand jury, as well as casting aspersions on the judge for the DC case.

    This is not a proposal in good faith, it only exists to create conflict that has to be dealt with, and I hope that Judge Chutkan calls that out.

    • @visak
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      Nothing Trump has ever done has been in good faith.

      They’re proposing a ridiculous date expecting to “compromise” on after the election.

    • Jordan Lund
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      Judge rules on the date on 8/28, and she’s made a point of saying any sillyness and nonsense will get it going faster, not slower.

      It will definitely be a 2024 start date, but I don’t see it finishing before the election.

  • @jeffw
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    Lol. Because saying January 20, 2025 would be too suspicious.

    • Neato
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      Here’s hoping at least one of his trials starts January 5th or 8th, 2024. Sadly, 06 Jan 2024 is a saturday and lawyers don’t work weekends.

  • OhStopYellingAtMe
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    401 year ago

    It’s nice to see that they can still have a sense of humor despite facing overwhelming odds.

  • @NatakuNox
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    Nah fam. These need to happen before the election. If dude gets within 10 million votes of the white house we will see violence. There is no other criminal cases in US HISTORY more important than the ones involving Trump.

  • @flossdaily
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    Well, if he’s going to push it that far back, he’s going to need to work out his court date with warden of whatever a Georgia State prison he’s living in.

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    Aug 17 (Reuters) - Lawyers for Donald Trump on Thursday asked a federal judge in Washington to schedule an April 2026 trial for the former president, on federal charges that he allegedly sought to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.

    That requested date would place the trial after the November 2024 U.S. election, in which Trump is the front-runner for the Republican nomination.

    “The public interest lies in justice and fair trial, not a rush to judgment,” Trump’s attorneys wrote on Thursday.

    U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith, whose office is prosecuting the federal 2020 election case against Trump, last Thursday asked U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to schedule a trial to start on Jan. 2, 2024.

    That date is two weeks before the first votes are cast in the 2024 Republican presidential primary.

    A spokesperson for Smith on Thursday declined to comment beyond that earlier court filing.


    I’m a bot and I’m open source!

  • @boydster
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    Let him wait as long as he wants to wait. In detention though.

  • @loie
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    He has a right to a timely trial, just not too timely, ok?

    • Nougat
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      As has already been expressed in this very DC case, the right to a speedy trial applies not only to the defendant, but to the public, upon whose interest the charges were filed.

  • NotAFuckingBot
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    HAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA…umm, I mean, really?

    Numb-nut chucklefucks, the lot of’em.