Special counsel Jack Smith knocked Donald Trump's request to delay his federal election interference trial for more than two and a half years.
"In service of a proposed trial date in 2026 that would deny the public its right to a speedy trial, the defendant cites inapposite statistics and cases, overstates the amount of new and non-duplicative discovery, and exaggerates the challenge of reviewing it effectively," Smith's team wrote, responding to Trump's request to delay the trial until April 2026.
"In cases such as this one, the burden of reviewing discovery cannot be measured by page count alone, and comparisons to the height of the Washington Monument and the length of a Tolstoy novel are neither helpful nor insightful; in fact, comparisons such as those are a distraction from the issue at hand—which is determining what is required to prepare for trial," they wrote.
A hearing is set for Monday, Aug. 28, at which point Judge Tonya Chutkan is expected to set a trial date.
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