Former President Donald Trump, the front-runner in polls for the 2024 Republican nomination, is seeking to delay his federal trial on charges related to his efforts to stop the peaceful transfer of power and retain the White House following his 2020 election loss. In a court filing Thursday, Trump’s attorneys recommended starting the trial in April 2026, more than two years after prosecutors are seeking to get the trial underway. Trump has promised press conference to refute the allegations in the indictment handed up by the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office is now very much in doubt, multiple sources familiar with the matter said that Trump’s legal advisers have told him that holding such a press conference with dubious claims of voter fraud will only complicate his legal problems and some of his attorneys have advised him to cancel it. The Associated Press has the story:
Trump’s lawyers propose April 2026 trial date in election case
Newslooks- WASHINGON (AP)
Lawyers for former U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday proposed an April, 2026 date for the start of his trial on federal charges stemming from accusations he sought to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden, in the case in Washington charging the former president with conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
The suggested date is a dramatic counter to the Justice Department’s recommendation last week of a Jan. 2 trial.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan is expected to set the date during a court hearing scheduled for Aug. 28.
Trump’s 2024 calendar figures to be packed with court dates and campaign appearances as the former president confronts a presidential primary season while bracing for trials in four separate cases and four different cities.
Former President Donald Trump’s promised press conference to refute the allegations in the indictment handed up by the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office is now very much in doubt, multiple sources familiar with the matter said that Trump’s legal advisers have told him that holding such a press conference with dubious claims of voter fraud will only complicate his legal problems and some of his attorneys have advised him to cancel it.
Trump announced the planned press conference with a social media post shortly after he and 18 co-defendants were indicted late Monday in Georgia. He said he would present, “A Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable REPORT on the Presidential Election Fraud which took place in Georgia.”
Georgia’s Republican governor responded to that with his own social media post declaring, “The 2020 election in Georgia was not stolen. For nearly three years now, anyone with evidence of fraud has failed to come forward — under oath — and prove anything in a court of law.”
Campaigning in Iowa, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he agreed with Kemp. And so did former Vice President Mike Pence, who said on Wednesday, “The Georgia election was not stolen.”
Georgia’s 2020 presidential election has been thoroughly examined and re-examined. The results were confirmed in three separate counts, including a hand count of the nearly 5 million ballots cast in the state. Under Attorney General Bill Barr, Trump’s own Justice Department looked into allegations made by Trump. So did the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
