Former US President Donald Trump’s legal team asked for it Federal lawsuit for attempting to falsify 2020 election result in April 2026 having enough time to prepare a good defense.
They also assessed that the proposal to celebrate special prosecutor Jack Smith on January 4, 2024, was intended to hinder proper preparation and subsequent defence.
“The government’s purpose is clear: (former) President Trump and his attorney did not have a fair ability to prepare for the hearing. “The court should reject the government’s request,” he said.
Trump himself is on a TV show this Thursday as Smith’s “wants a faster trial program than most undocumented misdemeanors” and requests only four months from the start of the discovery to the jury selection.”
In addition, the defense is not satisfied with the date proposed by the private counsel. conflicts with other cases situation faced by the former president.
While the trial of porn actress Stephanie Clifford, nicknamed Stormy Daniels, for alleged bribery will begin in March 2024, the case of confidential documents is dated and the process of the attempted interference in the 2020 presidential election is still ongoing. The state of Georgia is scheduled for May of the same year.
“(Former) President Trump should be prepared for each of these trials in the coming months. They are all independently complex and will require significant work to hold their own. The legal team argued that many of them would likely require President Trump’s presence in some or all of the trial proceedings.
“Certainly, the obligation of (former) President Trump to diligently prepare for this case does not cease due to other pending issues. However, the court stressed that these parallel prosecutions must comply with the extraordinarily short deadlines proposed by the government.