U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan ruled on Monday that the former president’s election interference trail will begin on March 4
, the day before key primary elections take place on Super Tuesday. The ruling moves the trial back several months from the Justice Department’s original date request, but far before the Trump team’s bid to delay the trial several years. told Trump’s attorneysafter she handed down the ruling. He added that his team would “not be able to provide adequate representation” as “the trial date will deny President Trump the opportunity to have effective assistance of counsel.
The charges include conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an official proceeding, attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. . The former president’s attorneys argued that the DOJ had provided them with simply too much discovery evidence to be able to review it in time for the proposed date, and requested the trial be held in April of 2026.
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