Trump’s lawyers asked for a 2026 start date for the election interference case. Instead, the judge set a March 4, 2024 smack in the middle of the Republican presidential primaries … and the day before Super Tuesday.
Judge Chutkan said that Trump would have to prioritize the trial and that she would not change the trial schedule based on another defendant’s professional obligations, for example, a professional athlete’s.
In response to Trump’s lawyers, the Judge said firmly:
“This case is not going to trial in 2026,” Chutkan said. She said Trump’s team has had time to prepare already; the public has known about the existence of the grand jury investigating Trump since September, and the identity of many of the witnesses has been known.
So much for Trump’s plan to get himself elected President and then pardon himself.
