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In reply to the discussion: 'The Situation: In Defense of Merrick Garland' [View all]bigtree
(93,321 posts)...really specious to claim otherwise.
March 2024
___Trumps immunity claims froze the case for months, but U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan is now poised to set a schedule and announce next steps.
The case is not expected to reach trial before this years presidential election, when Trump hopes to retake the White House and dismantle the prosecution.
But the judge could tee up an evidentiary hearing that effectively becomes a mini-trial before November, as the judge mulls how to apply the Supreme Courts new immunity test to the specifics of the GOP nominees indictment.
The decision from U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to begin jury selection on March 4 comes after special counsel Jack Smiths team asked for a Jan. 2, 2024, trial date, while Trumps team suggested a trial date in April 2026.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4174750-trump-federal-jan-6-case-set-for-trial-in-march-2024/
... and, Smith obtained a grand jury indictment against Trump in the classified documents case in June 2023, and then Trump was indicted in the election case in August 2023., MORE than enough time to try him without republicans in the courts interfering.
Reaching over all of the interference from judges and justices right in front of us to blame the prosecutors who indicted Trump some 15 months before the election is really something.