A dramatic day in prospect Monday as Trump cases enter new phase

Monday morning Fulton County Georgia District Attorney Fani #Willis will sketch the first substantive #evidentiary #arguments in any of the cases facing Trump in a hearing on ex-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ bid to get his state case moved to federal court. Meadows and Trump have been charged along with 17 other aides, ex-officials and lawyers in a sweeping racketeering case alleging a broad conspiracy to change the result of the 2020 election.

At the same time in Washington, Judge Tanya #Chutkan will hold a status hearing to consider dueling arguments by special counsel Jack Smith and Trump’s defense team over the #date for a #trial in the federal investigation into Trump’s alleged attempt to prevent now-President Joe Biden from taking office.

Smith wants the trial to begin January 2 – two weeks before Trump’s first big test in the 2024 primary race in the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses. The ex-president’s team has asked for much more time, and is proposing a date of April 2026. Trump is not expected to be at the hearing

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