Trump on Trial: The delays keep piling up

All four criminal cases against Donald Trump are mired in issues that have pushed back the trials. 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The [news of the likely postponement](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1gjdP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC9ueXJlZ2lvbi9hbHZpbi1icmFnZy10cnVtcC10cmlhbC1kZWxheS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTMwNSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90b3RfMjAyNDAzMTQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE3NjQ1Jm5sPXRydW1wLW9uLXRyaWFsJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjA4MzImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmXi3YPzZTYiMYNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) arrived as the former president was in federal court in Florida for a separate hearing in a different case — the one in which he stands accused of mishandling classified documents, which even now has no solid start date. Tomorrow, a judge in Georgia is expected to rule in yet another of the four cases on whether to disqualify the district attorney who charged Trump and a group of his allies with tampering with that state’s election results in 2020 — a decision that could be pivotal in determining whether the case goes to trial this year, or at all. And in Washington, prosecutors and Trump’s lawyers are preparing for a showdown at the Supreme Court, which will hear arguments next month on Trump’s claim that he is immune from charges in the federal indictment that accuses him of plotting to overturn his 2020 election loss. That case was originally supposed to go in front of a jury this month. The most recent complications make clear how the justice system is struggling to balance fairness and speed against the backdrop of a calendar shaped by the presidential campaign. All four cases in recent weeks have, in one way or another, become further mired in procedural or substantive issues that have resulted in delays. Timing is everything [Alvin Bragg wearing glasses and a dark suit speaking at a podium. ](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1gjdP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC9ueXJlZ2lvbi9hbHZpbi1icmFnZy10cnVtcC10cmlhbC1kZWxheS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTMwNSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90b3RfMjAyNDAzMTQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE3NjQ1Jm5sPXRydW1wLW9uLXRyaWFsJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjA4MzImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmXi3YPzZTYiMYNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, offered a delay of up to 30 days of the hush money trial.  Jeenah Moon for The New York Times The issue of timing is paramount in the Trump prosecutions. Trump, after all, is a unique defendant. He secured enough delegates this week to assure that he will be the Republican nominee for a third straight election, and if he wins in November, he would be in a position to use the powers of his office to dispose of the charges he is facing or push back any trials until after he leaves office. And if he does not go to trial in some or all of the four cases before voters go to the polls, Americans will be choosing their next leader without having had a chance to hear all the evidence or had a jury determine his innocence or guilt. Some of the cases continue to grind along, if slowly. In a hearing today in the classified documents case, Judge Aileen Cannon rejected one of a multitude of motions from Trump to dismiss the charges. The hush money case, which was scheduled to begin on March 25, is just the latest case to face delay. The startling development occurred after the Manhattan district attorney’s office, which is handling the prosecution, suggested a postponement of up to 30 days in order to let the Trump team review a new batch of records. The office of the district attorney, Alvin Bragg, has been trying to obtain the records from federal prosecutors in Manhattan from a separate investigation they had conducted several years ago into the hush money payments, but only recently received them. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-0) ADVERTISEMENT [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1gjdP0ScaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9OTg2NTYyJmxpPVRPVCZtPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnA9VE9UXzIwMjQwMzE0JnRlPTEmbmw9dHJ1bXAtb24tdHJpYWwmZW1jPWVkaXRfdG90XzIwMjQwMzE0VwNueXRCCmXi3YPzZTYiMYNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) Trump, who has used any number of tactics to delay his legal proceedings, asked for a 90-day delay to review what has been revealed to be tens of thousands of pages of new material. It’s now up to the judge in the case, Acting State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, to decide what to do, although the fact that both sides in the case agree there should be some form of delay means it’s almost certain to happen. Merchan could give either side what it wants or pick a period of delay somewhere in between their requests. Either way, it would mean the trial would start at least a month after it was originally scheduled for — possibly creating a cascading effect on the timing of the other trials in the heat of a presidential campaign unlike any other. Your questions We’re asking readers what they’d like to know about the Trump cases: the charges, the procedure, the important players or anything else. You can [send us your question by filling out this form.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1gjdP0T5aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMC8yNS9ueXJlZ2lvbi9kby15b3UtaGF2ZS1xdWVzdGlvbnMtYWJvdXQtdGhlLXRydW1wLXRyaWFscy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTMwNSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90b3RfMjAyNDAzMTQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE3NjQ1Jm5sPXRydW1wLW9uLXRyaWFsJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjA4MzImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmXi3YPzZTYiMYNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) If Trump won on Nov. 5, couldn’t a trial continue or be held before he took office on Jan. 20, because he would not yet be president? — Claire Keller, River Vale, New Jersey. Alan: In short, yes. Any of Trump’s trials could continue through Election Day right up to the moment of his inauguration — and possibly after it as well. If Trump were to win the election, he would have the power on Jan. 20, 2025 to order his new attorney general to dismiss any federal charges he is facing and could seek to delay any state charges from moving forward in a couple of different ways. But none of that would happen automatically. It would require him or his lawyers to take action and those actions could take a while before resulting in the cases being derailed. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-0) ADVERTISEMENT [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1gjdP0ScaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9OTg2NTY3JmxpPVRPVCZtPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnA9VE9UXzIwMjQwMzE0JnRlPTEmbmw9dHJ1bXAtb24tdHJpYWwmZW1jPWVkaXRfdG90XzIwMjQwMzE0VwNueXRCCmXi3YPzZTYiMYNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) Where does each criminal case stand? Trump is at the center of at least four separate criminal investigations, at both the state and federal levels, into matters related to his business and political careers. Here is where [each case currently stands](~/AAAAAQA~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_NlNiIxg1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD). [A chart showing the status of Trump’s four criminal cases. The Manhattan hush-money case has a March 25 trial date and the classified documents case has a May 20 trial date. The Jan. 6 case and the election case in Georgia do not have trial dates listed.](~/AAAAAQA~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_NlNiIxg1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) The New York Times What to watch next - We’re waiting on an important ruling by Judge Cannon on when she intends to start the classified documents trial. The judge held a hearing two weeks ago to pick a start date, but she has not yet issued her decision. More Trump coverage [Donald Trump standing with a clenched first while a man stands nearby.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1gjdP0TiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xMi91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC1ibGFjay12b3RlcnMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zMDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfdG90XzIwMjQwMzE0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNzY0NSZubD10cnVtcC1vbi10cmlhbCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTYwODMyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpl4t2D82U2IjGDUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) Donald Trump at a gala of the Black Conservative Federation in South Carolina in February.  Travis Dove for The New York Times - Trump traffics in stereotypes about Black Americans. Yet his campaign [courts those voters with some success](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1gjdP0TiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xMi91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC1ibGFjay12b3RlcnMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zMDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfdG90XzIwMjQwMzE0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNzY0NSZubD10cnVtcC1vbi10cmlhbCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTYwODMyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpl4t2D82U2IjGDUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~), polls suggest. - A judge yesterday [dismissed six of the 41 charges against Trump and his allies](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1gjdP0TyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xMy91cy9kb25hbGQtdHJ1bXAtY2hhcmdlcy1xdWFzaGVkLWdlb3JnaWEtbWNhZmVlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzA1JmVtYz1lZGl0X3RvdF8yMDI0MDMxNCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTc2NDUmbmw9dHJ1bXAtb24tdHJpYWwmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MDgzMiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZeLdg_NlNiIxg1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) in the Georgia election interference case, saying they were not specific enough. - Trump’s [growing support among Latino voters](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1gjdP0TyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC1iaWRlbi1jYW1wYWlnbi1sYXRpbm8tdm90ZXJzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzA1JmVtYz1lZGl0X3RvdF8yMDI0MDMxNCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTc2NDUmbmw9dHJ1bXAtb24tdHJpYWwmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MDgzMiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZeLdg_NlNiIxg1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) is threatening to upend the coalition that has delivered victories to Democrats for more than a decade. - [The Run-up podcast](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1gjdP0TgaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC9wb2RjYXN0cy90cnVtcC1iaWRlbi1yZW1hdGNoLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzA1JmVtYz1lZGl0X3RvdF8yMDI0MDMxNCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTc2NDUmbmw9dHJ1bXAtb24tdHJpYWwmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MDgzMiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZeLdg_NlNiIxg1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) explores how we ended up with Trump as the Republican nominee again? 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