
Cook County is no stranger to long-delayed trials. As far back as 2020, journalist Frank Main reported in the Sun-Times that detainees were waiting much as 10 years for their cases to be resolved.
No one pretends that’s a model of justice. Nor would it be a model of justice to let former President Donald Trump unnecessarily delay his trial over his alleged hoarding of top-secret classified documents until after the November 2024 election.