It usually takes defendants charged with federal crimes more than two years for their cases to work their way through the courts, another indication that the push to put former President Trump on trial more rapidly this year is motivated by the election calendar.
Former President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom before the start of closing arguments in his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Jan. 11, 2024, in New York. Records show over the past two years, Axos Bank …In Mr. Trump’s two federal cases, brought in June and August 2023, prosecutors’ goal of holding trials before November would cut that average timeline roughly in half.
Elliot Mincberg, senior fellow at the progressive advocacy group People For the American Way, said there’s a legitimate reason for the prosecution to seek a speedier trial in the election interference case against Mr. Trump. “The fact that there’s no placeholder seems a little odd and I think that is what makes some folks in the public skeptical about the process in this case and the role of politics,” Mr. Feldman said. “If it was anyone other than Trump, no one would bat an eyelash if there was no trial date yet. But then again, no one would likely be looking for one except for the parties in the case. Definitely nothing odd about this one not going to trial yet.
But Theodore M. Cooperstein, an appellate lawyer who represents Jan. 6 defendants, said he has rarely seen a prosecutor as aggressive to rush to trial as Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is bringing both the Florida classified documents case and the D.C. elections case against the former president. Since then, the appeals court did weigh the issue and ruled unanimously against Mr. Trump’s claim of absolute immunity against prosecution. The issue is set to be argued before the Supreme Court on April 25. Mr. Smith had wanted the high court to let the appeals ruling stand so the case could head to trial sooner.
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