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The Guardian - US
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Ed Pilkington in New York

Trump legal team claims trial dates ‘by design’ clash with election campaign

A woman in a blue dress and sunglasses and Donald Trump in a 'Make America great again' cap and golf outfit.
Donald Trump and his legal spokesperson Alina Habba at his Bedminster golf club in New Jersey on 13 August 2023. Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump’s legal spokesperson has predicted that forthcoming early trial dates in the former president’s four criminal cases will not hold, and that his multiple cases could clash with the final stages of the 2024 presidential election campaign and voting.

Alina Habba told the Fox News Sunday show that prosecutors’ plans for fast turnarounds in Trump’s two federal criminal cases and the state indictments in New York and Georgia amounted to “unrealistic theatrics”. She said that each of the trials would last from four to six weeks, raising the threat of overlapping schedules.

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