Tanya S. Chutkan, the US judge responsible for the process filed against former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) for trying to cancel the 2020 elections, ruled on Monday: The trial date will be March 4, 2024..
According to media reports, the judge who will try the case that resulted in the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 made the announcement after the hearing in the US capital.
Thus, the special prosecutor rejected Jack Smith’s request that the trial begin in January 2024, close to the anniversary of the attack on the Capitol.
There is also the interest of the former president’s defense that the process be delayed until after the next presidential election. in November 2024 and Trump is still the favorite Republican candidate. They requested that the trial begin in April 2026..
The chosen date, March 4, is one day before Super Tuesday; One day before Super Tuesday, the closest date to a national primary in the United States, as more than a dozen states, both Republican and Democrat, will simultaneously hold internal processes to select their candidates.
The former president is charged with four crimes in Washington DC: cConspiracy to defraud the USA, conspiracy to block an official action, Obstructing and attempting to hinder an official action And conspiracy against rights.
He could be sentenced to a maximum of five years in prison for the first of these charges, twenty years for the second and third, and ten years for the fourth, respectively.
In the indictment, it is told that the president of the time engaged in a conspiracy after losing the November 3, 2020 elections to Democrat Joe Biden. “Reverse the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election” with false accusations of election fraud and numerous fraudulent acts.
This Monday’s announcement comes minutes after it was learned that an indictment would be filed on September 6 against the former president of Georgia and 18 other defendants for trying to reverse the results of the 2020 election in that state.
Then all 19 people will have the opportunity to plead guilty or be innocent.
Trump pleaded not guilty Three other criminal cases in which he was also charged: His erratic payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels in the past during the 2016 election campaign to silence his “relationship”, for illegally obtaining classified documents from the White House while leaving power, and for the attack on the Capitol.
Trump traveled to Georgia last Thursday to register and have a criminal record photo taken. He spent only 20 minutes in Fulton County Jail and was released on $200,000 bail..
Democrat Fani Willis, the prosecutor who led the case, suggested to the court that same day that the trial begin on October 23, not March 4 of next year, as originally suggested.
The judge reserved this date for only one of the defendants, attorney Kenneth Chesebro, who requested a speedy hearing, but no date is yet known for the rest.
The beginning of the process against Trump, who made an improper payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels, is scheduled for March 25, 2024 in New York.
Hearing in Florida over classified documents he took from the White House to his mansion in Mar-a-Lago, Florida Scheduled to be held on May 20, 2024When the presidential election is a little over 6 months away.