Trump Jan. 6 trial to begin March 4, amid GOP primaries
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The federal judge presiding over Special Counsel Jack Smith’s case against former President Trump alleging interference in the 2020 presidential election set the trial date for March 4, 2024--right in the middle of the GOP presidential primary calendar.
But a criminal trial against a former president who is also a candidate with a commanding lead over the GOP presidential field being set in the middle of the primary cycle is unprecedented. Brooke Singman is a Fox News Digital politics reporter. You can reach her at Brooke.Singman@Fox.com or @BrookeSingman on Twitter.
Smith and the government had initially proposed the trial begin on Jan. 2, 2024, suggesting it would last approximately four to six weeks. But that date would fall right at the start of the Republican presidential primaries—just weeks before the Iowa Caucuses and New Hampshire’s first in the nation primary.
Trump’s defense team proposed, instead, that the trial begin in April 2026— long after the results of the 2024 presidential election.
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