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The next step is a timetable to trial
Donald Trump pleaded not guilty yesterday to four charges relating to his attempt to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election, including conspiracy to defraud the United States. The former president and strong favourite for the 2024 Republican nomination flew in from his New Jersey golf club to be arraigned in a Washington DC courthouse close to the US Capitol, the site of the January 6th insurrection. The proceedings lasted 27 minutes, with Trump seated some six metres from Jack Smith, the special counsel who’s trying to convict him in two separate federal prosecutions (Politico and the NYT disagreed over whether there was eye contact between the two men), as several judges who presided over trials of Capitol rioters filed into the courtroom to watch. The next big question is when Trump will stand trial. A Florida trial in a separate case brought by Smith over the alleged mishandling of classified documents has been scheduled for 20 May 2024; a third case brought in New York with Trump charged with falsifying business records is due on 25 March 2024. The trial date for this case is expected to be scheduled at a first hearing on 28 August – five days after the first Republican debate in the 2024 contest.
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