Donald Trump's Lawyers Ask for April 2026 Trial Date for Federal Jan. 6 Case

[Cellblock2429]

FyI

Jack Smith is not the Biden Administration silly one! He is outside of the Biden Administration and is a Special Counsel.

/——-/ Smith is with the DOJ.
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United States. It is equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department is headed by the U.S. attorney general, who reports directly to the president of the United Statesand is a member of the president's Cabinet.

 

[Skylar]

/——-/ Smith is with the DOJ.
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United States. It is equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department is headed by the U.S. attorney general, who reports directly to the president of the United Statesand is a member of the president's Cabinet.

And do you have the slightest evidence that Joe Biden has ordered any investigation or prosecution into any crime?

Smiling.....of course you do: your imagination!

 

[Cellblock2429]

And do you have the slightest evidence that Joe Biden has ordered any investigation or prosecution into any crime?

Smiling.....of course you do: your imagination!

/——/ Since the DOJ reports to Dementia Joe, he could have said to stop, but he didn’t. Now twist it around all you like but the buck stops with POTUS. Now deal with it.

 

[SavannahMann]

Prosecution doesn't have the right to ask for a speedy trail. Why are you afraid of TRUMP's legal team having an equal amount of time to examine the evidence as the prosecution had?

Actually. The Prosecution is required to ask for a speedy trial.

MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS: Speedy Trial: Sixth Amendment Right to a Speedy Trial

www.armfor.uscourts.gov

The Defense would have to waive their right to a speedy trial. However the defendant would have to comply with all bail or bond agreements to remain free. Those can take many forms depending on the risk the defendant loses to the community and the likelihood of his absconding from the jurisdiction.

 

[Cellblock2429]

Actually. The Prosecution is required to ask for a speedy trial.

MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS: Speedy Trial: Sixth Amendment Right to a Speedy Trial

www.armfor.uscourts.gov

The Defense would have to waive their right to a speedy trial. However the defendant would have to comply with all bail or bond agreements to remain free. Those can take many forms depending on the risk the defendant loses to the community and the likelihood of his absconding from the jurisdiction.

/—-/ Further proof liberals are evil.

 

[SavannahMann]

/—-/ Further proof liberals are evil.

Now you are saying Liberals penciled the right to a speedy trial into the Sixth Amendment?

 

[struth]

What political persecution? I think the words you're looking for are 'due process'.

Have you taken a look at those indictments? The evidence is detailed and damning. Testimony from Trump's own lawyer that Trump tried to convince him to lie to authorites and withhold docs. Pages of docs found at Trump's residence that Trump had lied and said were already returned. Even a recording of Trump admitting that the secret docs he was showing off had never been declassified.

Its hard to argue 'political persecution' when the evidence is that rock solid.

The political prosecutions against trump

 

[Skylar]

The political prosecutions against trump

Again, the evidence demonstrates elegantly that the prosecutions are based on testimony, texts, pictures, transcripts, documents retrieved, recordings that show evidence of very real crimes. The indictments are backed by tons of evidence.

Testimony from Trump's own lawyer that Trump tried to convince him to lie to authorities and withhold docs. Pages of docs found at Trump's residence that Trump had lied and said were already returned. Even a recording of Trump admitting that the secret docs he was showing off had never been declassified.

Y'all carefully and consistently avoid looking at the evidence, acknowledging the evidence, or discussing the evidence.

Which means that even you know how bad the evidence looks for Trump.

 

[Care4all]

/——-/ Smith is with the DOJ.
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United States. It is equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department is headed by the U.S. attorney general, who reports directly to the president of the United Statesand is a member of the president's Cabinet.

In November 2022, soon after Trump declared his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that responsibility for the DOJ’s investigations of Trump would be shifted to a special counsel, whose independence from the attorney general’s office would help to ensure that the investigations would not be perceived as politically motivated (i.e., as attempts to discredit the Republican Party’s likely presidential candidate in the 2024 election). “Such an appointment,” Garland declared, “underscores the [Justice] Department’s commitment to both independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters. It also allows prosecutors and agents to continue their work expeditiously, and to make decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law.” Garland’s selection of Smith as special counsel was reportedly motivated by Smith’s extensive experience in prosecuting high-level government officials and by his reputation for tenacity and efficiency.


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since 2018 Jack Smith has been employed by the ICC, International Criminal Court, prosecuting war crimes...living in the Netherlands.... he quit that position to return to the USA when asked by Garland to be the Special Counsel.

 

[airplanemechanic]

Because there's a constitutional requirement for a speedy trial. And Trump is threatening witnesses. 'If you come after me, I'm coming after you!'

Both speak toward having the trial as soon as is plausible and reasonable.

Trump can waive his right to a speedy trial.

Give up on that.

Precedent has been set. Huge trials like this usually take 2-3 years. If it's pushed any faster than that, it's obvious it's a witch hunt. If the evidence is so fucking strong, waiting a normal amount of time so the defense can properly defend their client shouldn't hurt a thing.

 

[Skylar]

Trump can waive his right to a speedy trial.

Give up on that.

Precedent has been set. Huge trials like this usually take 2-3 years. If it's pushed any faster than that, it's obvious it's a witch hunt. If the evidence is so fucking strong, waiting a normal amount of time so the defense can properly defend their client shouldn't hurt a thing.

Trump doesn't get to decide when the start date of his trial is. So give up on that.

And given that there 4 separate trials, in 4 separate jurisdictions, covering 3 greatly dissimilar groups of charges and two bodies of law, your claims about one 'precedent' for them all is meaningless pseudo-legal bullshit.

Trump's Organization and CFO was charged in 2021. The trial began in 2022. It doesn't take that long.

 

[August West]

If Trump truly believes that he`s innocent, he should be seeking quick trials to get these cases off the dockets before the primaries. That`s what any wrongly indicted person would try to do.

 

[surada]

If Trump truly believes that he`s innocent, he should be seeking quick trials to get these cases off the dockets before the primaries. That`s what any wrongly indicted person would try to do.

I agree. Put it behind him before the next election.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Because there's a constitutional requirement for a speedy trial. And Trump is threatening witnesses. 'If you come after me, I'm coming after you!'

Both speak toward having the trial as soon as is plausible and reasonable.

Does the right to a speedy trial apply to J6 Reichstag Fire political prisoners being held in the DC Gulag for 2 1/2 years??

 

[August West]

Does the right to a speedy trial apply to J6 Reichstag Fire political prisoners being held in the DC Gulag for 2 1/2 years??

Every POS in that building should have gone the way of Ashley Babbitt.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Every POS in that building should have gone the way of Ashley Babbitt.

Keep stacking that kindling!

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

f he did win...after being found guilty...I imagine the term 'high crimes and misdemeanors' would be prominently mentioned in his impeachment.

And Senate Republicans would vote not to convict, failing the reach the two-thirds majority, fearful that to convict would ‘damage’ the presidency.

No, it’s solely up to the voters to keep Trump out of the WH, whether convicted or not.

And if the voters put Trump in the WH, it’s another example of where the people are alone responsible for the bad government they get – Trump being the worst.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Probably an unpopular idea but I tend to think that all of these trials should take place after the 2024 election. For one thing; if the jury in Atlanta is deliberating on November 4, 2024 (the Monday before the election) the pressure would be incredible to convict and make sure that he never sees the inside of the oval office. You have that same jury on November 4, 2025...you have less pressure. He'll likely be an albatross around the neck of republicans who would be in a hurry to forget that he was ever in their party at that point and the verdict likely won't be interrupting American Idol to broadcast.

Unfortunately, convicting Trump would not make sure to keep him out of the WH.

Even if convicted and then elected, there would be nothing to keep Trump from taking office.

Indeed, by the time Trump has exhausted all of his appeals, his term would likely be coming to an end, Trump remaining free pending those appeals.

Only the voters can keep Trump out of the WH, not the courts.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Yes that’s when xiden got someone willing to do a political prosecution but the xiden admin has been conducting this investigation alone with the house dems since 2021

This is a lie.

There’s nothing ‘political’ about Trump’s prosecution.

The indictments and prosecution of Trump are perfectly lawful, warranted, and Constitutional – predicated on objective, documented, and compelling evidence of Trump’s many crimes.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

/—-/ Further proof liberals are evil.

The only evil is willfully ignorant and dishonest conservatives.

During the Foundation Era through to today, it was/is typical of authoritarian regimes to arrest and detain political opponents and hold them in custody indefinitely, absent charges and a trial.

With the Sixth Amendment the Framers sought to prevent such abuse by government – to ensure and safeguard, among other things, the right to a timely and public trial, where detainees could not be locked away forever regardless of whether they are guilty or innocent.