The federal judge overseeing a criminal case against former President Donald Trump for interfering with the 2020 presidential election has set a trial date of March 4, 2024, brushing aside Trump’s arguments for a two-year delay.
Judge Chutkan said she spoke “briefly” with a judge in New York who had been set to oversee a separate, hush money case against Trump later in March 2024.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg had previously said he would be flexible on that case, as long as the judges agreed.
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