- Attorneys for former US President Donald Trump have requested an April 2026 trial date for his federal election interference case
- Prosecutors, led by Special Counsel Jack Smith, have previously asked for a much earlier date of January 2024, ahead of the presidential elections
- Judge Tanya Chutkan is set to rule on Trump’s request on August 28
Attorneys for former US President Donald Trump have requested an April 2026 trial date for the federal election interference case, new filings show.
Prosecutors, led by Special Counsel Jack Smith, have asked for a much earlier date of January 2024. Judge Tanya Chutkan is set to rule on the request on August 28.
The decision will crucially place the trial ahead or after next year’s presidential elections, in which Trump is the front-runner for the Republican nomination.
‘The public interest lies in justice and fair trial, not a rush to judgment,’ Trump’s attorneys wrote on Thursday.
The 77-year-old Republican is facing ninety one criminal charges in four criminal cases including for alleged attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden and the mishandling of classified documents.