4 March 2024

Trumps next date in Atlanta
= “Mr. Trump, like any defendant, will have to make the trial date work regardless of his schedule =
A federal judge has scheduled the trial for his alleged effort to overturn the 2020 election for 4 March, the day before Super Tuesday, the biggest voting day in the Republican race.
That trial - in Washington DC - would pull Mr Trump off the campaign trail for a pivotal stretch of his campaign, when he could be securing himself as the Republican standard-bearer or engaged in an extended struggle with one or more remaining rivals.
Mr Trump's lawyers have already vigorously complained about proposed trial schedules conflicting with the presidential campaign, which the former president and his supporters have branded "election interference" by his enemies. 
Mr Trump has vowed to appeal the trial date ruling. In a post on his social media site, he derided the judge as "biased" and "Trump hating" and said the timing was "just what our corrupt government wanted".
Mr Trump's legal team had initially proposed an April 2026 date for the federal trial - a timeline the judge said was unacceptable.
The decision potentially brings the proceeding, in Washington, into conflict with the three other trials that Trump is facing. He may also face a trial on charges in Georgia on that date, and another case in Manhattan has been scheduled to go to trial on March 25.
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* A. Zurcher: Trump faces 4 March 2024 trial just a day before Super Tuesday - 28 Aug. 2023