America: Former US President Donald Trump is ahead in preparations for the 2024 election, but legal hurdles are not leaving him behind. Trump’s lawyers have suggested an April 2026 date for the start of the trial on charges of conspiracy to dramatically overturn the 2020 presidential election result.
Early last week, Justice Department prosecutors sought a January 2, 2024 start for the trial. The case is scheduled for August 28 in the court of US District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington, where a tentative hearing date is expected. be set.
Trump’s lawyers have said in their filing that the court has to study 11.5 million pages of information. If the hearing begins on the date suggested by the Justice Department, the court will have to review about one lakh pages a day.
Meanwhile, Trump said he has postponed a press conference scheduled for next week on the Georgia presidential election fraud case on the advice of a lawyer. In this case, he was about to present new evidence.