Election Charges: Trump Trial Set For March 4

Donald Trump will stand trial in March 2024 for trying to overturn his 2020 presidential election defeat.

U.S. Judge Tanya Chutkan on Monday set a trial date of March 4 for the federal case in Washington, one of four criminal prosecutions the Former President faces.

The 2024 trial date comes a day before Republican voters will decide whether to give him a chance to recapture the White House.

The Republican presidential nominating contest will take place on 5th March, 2024, when states from Maine to California will hold their nominating contests. Opinion polls show Trump leading his rivals by a wide margin.

Chutkan’s decision means that Trump will likely have to stand trial in at least three separate criminal cases while he is campaigning for the party’s nomination to take on Democratic President Joe Biden in the November 2024 election.

A trial date in a fourth criminal case has not yet been set.

REUTERS