Judge Tanya Chutkan on Monday set a date for Donald Trump’s trial on federal charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Chutkan scheduled the trial for March 4, 2024. The date is more than two years earlier than the April 2026 date requested by Trump’s attorneys, who had sought to push back the trial after the 2024 presidential election. Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith had requested a trial date of January 2, 2024.
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The trial is set to begin the day before Super Tuesday, a critical primary election when voters from roughly 16 states and territories will vote in the Republican race for president.
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