Lawyers for Donald Trump and special counsel Jack Smith are scheduled to appear Monday in U.S. District Court in D.C. to argue over when to hold the former president’s trial on charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Trump is not expected to attend the hearing before Judge Tanya S. Chutkan. Following Smith’s investigation surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Trump was indicted Aug. 1 on four federal counts that accuse him of conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiring against people’s rights. The 2024 election calendar and Trump’s three other criminal indictments loom over the fight for a trial date. Prosecutors have proposed a Jan. 2, 2024, trial, but lawyers for Trump — the GOP primary front-runner for 2024 — asked for April 2026, long after next year’s presidential election.
