Particular Counsel Jack Smith has filed a steered trial date of January 2, 2024 for Trump’s 1/6 trial, which signifies that Trump may very well be a convicted felon by Tremendous Tuesday on March 5.
CBS Information reported:
Prosecutors from particular counsel Jack Smith’s workplace proposed that the trial within the case towards former President Donald Trump associated to the 2020 presidential election ought to start on January 2, 2024, and predicted they are going to want between 4 and 6 weeks to make their case.
The Justice Division legal professionals put forth the January 2 trial date in a brand new submitting in federal district courtroom in Washington on Thursday. They mentioned their proposed timeline would give Trump and his legal professionals time to evaluation the fabric collected throughout Smith’s investigation and put together a protection whereas permitting sufficient time for the events to litigate pre-trial points.
If Choose Chutkan agrees with the Particular Counsel and schedules the trial for early January, Trump might be on trial as voters are going to the polls within the Republican presidential main. Which means that as a substitute of speaking about Republican candidates and preparing for the overall election, the protection of Republicans is all going to revolve round Trump’s trial.
The concept Trump may very well be a convicted felon within the coronary heart of the 2024 election is what Republicans are attempting to keep away from. The 2024 election and each Republican candidate are prone to be swallowed up by Donald Trump and his many prison trials.
