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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Hugo Lowell in Washington

Judge hints that Trump’s election interference trial might be delayed

White man wearing suit raises his hand.
Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower in New York City, on Wednesday. Photograph: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images

The federal judge overseeing the criminal case against Donald Trump over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results indicated on Thursday that the scheduled trial date would not hold as a result of the case being frozen while the former US president appeals to have the charges dismissed.

The US district judge Tanya Chutkan last summer scheduled the trial in Washington DC to start on 4 March – allowing Trump and his team seven months to prepare his defense – and has taken pains to ensure that date would not be delayed.

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