Court Dates for Trump (so far)

Trump's RICO expression.

On Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, in Washington, D.C., it's expected that U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan will set the date for what many observers are calling the most significant criminal trial in American history. That trial will consider the Justice Department's case against Donald Trump, to do with alleged actions he deliberately took to overturn the last presidential election results in several states.

However, since the former president is also a defendant in other cases, both criminal and civil, Chutkan is going to have to find a hole in Trump's crowded calendar for court ordered appearances. 

Highlights of Trump's upcoming ordeals in various courts are listed below: 

• Trial date set in New York City: Oct. 2, 2023. This is the business fraud civil lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Tish James. Financial mismanagement and malfeasance by Trump's company are alleged.
• Trial date set in Atlanta: Oct. 23, 2023. At this writing, this case, Kenneth Chesebro's, will be the first of the RICO cases Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will present. Other members of the RICO 19 group that Willis charged on Aug. 14 may also try to separate their cases from Trump's request for a trial date in 2026. So there's no telling how many defendants will eventually follow Chesebro to ask for a swift trial. 

• Meanwhile, in D.C., Special Counsel Jack Smith has asked Chutkan for a Jan. 2, 2024, trial date. That, while Trump's attorneys filed a request to begin his D.C. trial sometime in April of 2026. (At this desk, it's not known whether Chutkan appreciated the snicker imbedded in Trump's request. Don't forget, the judge has already warned Trump that if he continues making “inflammatory” cracks about the case she might have to accelerate the process.)

• Trial date set in NYC: Jan. 15, 2024. E. Jean Carroll won $5 million from a jury in a defamation civil lawsuit against Trump earlier this year. Afterward, Trump kept on talking trash about Carroll, so here we go again. Meanwhile, on the primary calendar, the Iowa caucus' process will also happen on Jan, 15, 2024. 
• Trial date set in NYC: Jan. 29, 2024. Trump faces yet another civil trial that targets his notorious business practices. This federal lawsuit accuses Trump himself and his company of fraud.              
• Trial date (proposed by Willis) in Atlanta: Mar, 4, 2024. The second RICO trial (for the defendants who want to slow-walk it) is still in flux.
• Trial date in NYC: March 25, 2024. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has charged Trump with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records connected to Trump’s efforts to conceal his extramarital affair with a porn star.
• Trial date in Fort Pierce, Fla: May 20, 2024. Smith has charged Trump with hording national security papers at Mar-a-Lago, plus eight additional charges to do with Trump's alleged efforts to obstruct the government's legit efforts to recover those classified materials.

Thus, I'm predicting Chutkan will pick a trial date sometime in February of 2024. Stay tuned... 

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