The high-stakes trial over the former president's alleged mishandling of classified documents is scheduled for the middle of the 2024 presidential nominating contests.
Prosecutors wanted a December 2023 start date. They admitted that this date was “aggressive”.
Trump wanted to push the start date until after the election (so that he could appoint an attorney general that would dismiss the case).
The very pro-Trumo judge set the trial date for May 2024. I guess the national spotlight and her previous wrist slap from the higher court compelled her to not make the worst possible decision today.
I dunno. If you can allow yourself to forget that we’re riding a razor edge, where the future of our democracy, secular society, and the livability of the planet are at stake, the election news is really quite entertaining.
May is after all of 2024’s primary races, so this date ensures that GOP voters won’t know the outcome and won’t even have to think about the trial. IMO, this is about the most pro-Trump decision she could have made.
Prosecutors wanted a December 2023 start date. They admitted that this date was “aggressive”.
Trump wanted to push the start date until after the election (so that he could appoint an attorney general that would dismiss the case).
The very pro-Trumo judge set the trial date for May 2024. I guess the national spotlight and her previous wrist slap from the higher court compelled her to not make the worst possible decision today.
This has made me realize that the presidential election is not this November. I’m already exhausted.
I dunno. If you can allow yourself to forget that we’re riding a razor edge, where the future of our democracy, secular society, and the livability of the planet are at stake, the election news is really quite entertaining.
Gallows humor. Exactly how I feel. Either terrified or hysterical.
Thanks for the little chuckle in between endless existential dread.
Ok chuckle times over back to the dread.
Don’t let it set in.
May is after all of 2024’s primary races, so this date ensures that GOP voters won’t know the outcome and won’t even have to think about the trial. IMO, this is about the most pro-Trump decision she could have made.
Let’s be honest: GOP primary voters do not care about the outcome of this trial.