The federal judge presiding over Donald Trump’s criminal election interference case shut down a bid by the former president to set his trial more than two-and-a-half years away.

This case is not going to trial in 2026,” Judge Tanya Chutkan said in a hearing Monday morning in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., NBC News reported.

But the judge also said that she would reject a proposal by federal prosecutors to bring the case to trial in less than five months.

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    1 year ago

    This is the guy who said he could declassify documents using his mind. Whether it’s legal or not, he’ll say he pardoned himself and his legion of terrorists will use that as justification to continue to act like they’re the good guys.

    Incidentally, at least for the Georgia charges not even the governor can pardon him.