Prosecutors want former President Trump's election trial to begin on January 2

2023-08-10 22:52:05, Kosova & Bota CNA

Prosecutors want former President Trump's election trial to begin on

Special prosecutor Jack Smith's team has asked federal judge Tanya Chutkan to allow former President Trump's trial on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election to begin in Washington on January 2. If the judge accepts the prosecutors' request on Thursday, Mr Trump's trial will begin days before the anniversary of the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

That date would also mean the trial would begin two weeks before the first ballots are cast for the Republican presidential nomination, in which Mr. Trump currently leads.

Meanwhile, an aide to former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to new charges in a lawsuit alleging the illegal storage of classified documents at Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago home. Meanwhile, the manager of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate has had his trial postponed because he has yet to secure a defense attorney in Florida.

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Mr Trump waived his right to appear alongside his aide Walt Nauta and property manager Carlos De Oliveira in federal court in Fort Pierce, and the judge accepted a not guilty plea he entered in court last week .

The postponement of Mr. De Oliveira's case because he failed to secure a defense lawyer in Florida is the latest delay in the secret documents case, which is scheduled to go to trial in May. Mr Trump's lawyers have already said they will seek to delay the start of the trial scheduled for May next year. The judge set Tuesday as a new court appearance deadline for Mr. De Oliveira.

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In special prosecutor Jack Smith's updated indictment late last month, Nauta and De Oliveira are accused of conspiring with the former Republican president in efforts to delete Mar-a-Lago security camera footage sought by investigators. . They face charges including conspiracy to obstruct justice in the case related to classified government documents found at Mr Trump's Palm Beach estate after he left the White House in 2021.

Mr. Nauta and former President Trump were indicted in June and later pleaded not guilty in the classified documents case, but the new lawsuit adds to the number of charges against them and Mr. De Oliveira.

Mr. De Oliveira made an initial court appearance in July but did not enter a plea to the charges because he was unable to secure a defense attorney in Florida.

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Mr. Trump already faces dozens of felony charges, and the latest indictment added new charges of obstruction of justice and unlawful possession of classified documents related to national security.

It is one of three separate criminal cases Mr. Trump is facing this year as he campaigns for the Republican nomination to run for president in 2024. He is also preparing for a fourth indictment possible, in a case in Fulton County, Georgia, on suspicions that he and his Republican allies have tried to illegally interfere in that state's 2020 election. Faulton County District Attorney Fannie Willis, a Democrat, has signaled that indictments in the case are likely to be announced this month.

Mr. Trump has denied that he has committed a violation and has described all the cases against him as politically motivated.

He pleaded not guilty in federal court in Washington last week in a second case brought by prosecutor Smith for conspiring with allies to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election./ VOA