A Federal Judge has scheduled Jury Selection to begin Feb. 9th, 2024, in Trump’s Washington, D.C., Trial on Charges of seeking to Subvert the Results of the 2020 Election. U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan set the date for hundreds of District Residents, to be summoned to the Federal Courthouse to complete a written questionnaire about the Case.
The Trial for Trump, who is also a leading Candidate for the GOP Presidential Nomination in 2024, is set to begin March 4th, 2024, after In-Person questioning by Prosecutors, Trump’s Defense Attorneys, and the Judge. Trump is seeking to Postpone the Trial, arguing among other things that it raises Novel and Historic Legal questions, such as His claim that former Presidents remain “absolutely immune” from Criminal Prosecution after leaving the White House.
Trump was Charged in August in a Four-Count, 45-page Indictment that accused Him of a Criminal Conspiracy to Remain-in-Power, Obstruct Congress’s Jan. 6, 2021, Joint Session to confirm the Electoral Vote Count, and Deprive Americans of their Civil Right to have their Vote counted.
Other Cases:
The Georgia Case has Not yet been scheduled for Trial.
The New York Case is scheduled to go to Trial in late March, 2024.
The Federal Case in Florida is scheduled for Trial at the end of May, 2024.
But Trial Dates often get pushed back, and U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, suggested, that She might Delay the Timeline for Court Proceedings in Fort Pierce, Florida, noting the upcoming Trial in D.C. and requests from Trump’s Lawyers to have more time to prepare.
Chutkan announced the February start of Jury Selection in D.C. on Thursday, in a Two-Page Order, that Grants requests by Special Counsel Jack Smith to Protect the Privacy of Prospective Jurors.
Trump’s Defense largely Agreed to those Requests in an earlier Court Filing. The Safeguards include: Barring either side from directly Communicating with potential Jurors, using “nonpublic databases” for Juror Research, Disclosing Prospective Jurors’ Names or Identifying Information, or providing Identifying Information to others.
Smith has linked Trump’s efforts to Overturn Biden’s Election Victory to the Violent Riot carried out by His Supporters, after His Stop the Steal Rally near the White House. “The attack on our nation’s Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy,” Smith has said. “It was fueled by lies, lies by the defendant.”
Trump and His Lawyers have Accused the Justice Department (DOJ) of targeting Biden’s Chief Political Rival, maintaining that Trump was acting within the bounds of the Presidency.
Separately, in a Thursday Nnight filing, Trump’s Legal Team asked an Appeals Court to Stay a limited Gag Order issued last Month by Chutkan, arguing that the Order unfairly Muffles a Leading Presidential Candidate.
The 35-page Filing seeks a Temporary Suspension of the Gag Order, and says that if Trump cannot Sway the Appeals Court, He plans take the Request to the Supreme Court.
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