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It set a plausibly expedited schedule for considering a question of significant constitutional moment, one that would ordinarily be resolved by the justices in a definitive opinion. But the court’s order appeared to ignore the enormous elephant in the room: the looming election that makes Mr. Trump’s trial on charges that he had plotted to overturn the 2020 election a race against time. The schedule the court set could make it hard, if not impossible, to complete Mr. Trump’s trial before the 2024 election. Should Mr. Trump win at the polls, there is every reason to think the prosecution would be scuttled. Jack Smith, the special counsel overseeing the prosecution, never cited the November election as a reason for the court to move quickly.
Persons: Felix Frankfurter, , Donald J, Trump’s, Trump, Jack Smith Locations:
J. Edgar Hoover took over the FBI, then known as the Bureau of Investigation in 1924 when he was 29 years old. He later used the bureau to gather information on influential people like John F. Kennedy, Albert Einstein, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Hoover turned the agency from a relatively powerless group into one of the most efficient investigative forces in the world. The list included President John F. Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt, Albert Einstein, and Felix Frankfurter. He later said of it, "J. Edgar Hoover was like a sewer that collected dirt.
Persons: Edgar Hoover, Hoover, John F, Kennedy, Albert Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, Felix Frankfurter, Laurence Silberman, J Organizations: FBI, Investigation, Service Locations: Wall, Silicon
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