Three different prosecutors want to put Donald J. Trump on trial in four different cities next year, all before Memorial Day and in the midst of his presidential campaign.
A morass of delays, court backlogs and legal skirmishes awaits, interviews with nearly two dozen current and former prosecutors, judges, legal experts and people involved in the Trump cases show.
Some experts predicted that only one or two trials will take place next year; one speculated that none of the four Trump cases will start before the election.
And between the extensive legal arguments that must take place before a trial can begin — not to mention that the trials themselves could last weeks or months — there are simply not enough boxes on the calendar to squeeze in all the former president’s trials.
“While each of the cases seems at this point to be strong, there’s only so much you can ask a defendant to do at one time.”
Persons:
Donald J, Trump, ”, Jeffrey Bellin
Organizations:
Trump, Republican, & Mary Law School
Locations:
Washington