DOJ Says Trump’s Motion to Delay Trial Until After Elections ‘Borders on Frivolous’

DOJ Says Trump’s Motion to Delay Trial Until After Elections ‘Borders on Frivolous’
Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump prepares to deliver remarks at a Nevada Republican volunteer recruiting event at Fervent: A Calvary Chapel in Las Vegas on July 8, 2023. Mario Tama/Getty Images
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Justice Department (DOJ) special counsel Jack Smith, who was assigned to investigate Donald Trump days after the launch of the former president’s reelection campaign, has pushed back against Mr. Trump’s request to schedule the trial until after the 2024 elections.

Assistant special counsel David Harbach wrote in the latest filing on Thursday that there was “no basis” for this delay, and requested a trial date of Dec. 11, 2023, and that a number of the defenses were legally “meritless” and “borders on frivolous” (pdf).
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