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WASHINGTON. – Donald Trump will stand trial in March 2024 for trying to overturn his 2020 presidential election defeat, one day before Republican voters in more than a dozen US states will decide whether to give him a chance to recapture the White House.
US Judge Tanya Chutkan yesterday set a trial date of March 4 for the federal case in Washington, one of four criminal prosecutions the former president faces.
That is one day before “Super Tuesday,” a potentially decisive date in the Republican presidential nominating contest, when states from Maine to California will hold their nominating contests. Opinion polls show Trump leading his rivals by a wide margin.
Chutkan’s decision means that Trump will likely have to stand trial in at least three separate criminal cases while he is campaigning for the party’s nomination to take on Democratic President Joe Biden in the November 2024 election. A trial date in a fourth criminal case has not yet been set.
He is also a defendant in three civil trials scheduled to take place over the coming six months.
Trump’s lawyers had pressed for an April 2026 trial date, but Chutkan said they did not need that long to prepare.
Trump is scheduled to stand trial in New York on March 25 on state charges of concealing a hush money payment to a porn star. – Reuters
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