Trump's Lawyers, Look to Push Election Interference , Trial Back to 2026.<br />Politico reports that Donald Trump's legal team has filed <br />court papers requesting a 2.5-year delay before choosing <br />a jury, citing the extraordinary circumstances of the case. .<br />Among those circumstances is over <br />11.5 million pages of evidence that prosecutors <br />turned over earlier in August.<br />Trump lawyers John Lauro and Todd Blanche's request <br />for an April 2026 trial date sharply contrasts prosecutors' <br />ambitious call for the trial to start in January of 2024. .<br />The defense's request gives U.S. District Court <br />Judge Tanya Chutkan, who said she will set <br />a trial date by August 28, a critical choice to make.<br />Trump's legal team also noted the unprecedented <br />nature of the former president being prosecuted <br />by a Justice Department led by his political rivals.<br />In this District, ordinary order when faced <br />with such overwhelming discovery is to set <br />a reasonable trial schedule, commensurate <br />with the size and scope of discovery <br />and complexity of the legal issues, John Lauro and Todd Blanche, Donald Trump's legal team, via Politico.<br />The government rejects this sensible <br />approach. Instead, it seeks a trial <br />calendar more rapid than most <br />no-document misdemeanors, <br />requesting just four months from the <br />beginning of discovery to jury selection, John Lauro and Todd Blanche, Donald Trump's legal team, via Politico.<br />However, there is a possibility that Trump could be back <br />in the White House by the suggested start date.<br />This means that Trump could appoint an <br />attorney general who could dismiss the charges, <br />or he could issue himself a presidential pardon.<br />Trump has been charged by special <br />counsel Jack Smith with three conspiracies <br />to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
