Special Counsel Jack Smith blasted efforts by former President Donald Trump to delay until 2026 his federal trial in Washington over election interference, saying there was no justifiable reason the case can’t start in January.
“In service of a proposed trial date in 2026 that would deny the public its right to a speedy trial, the defendant cites inapposite statistics and cases, overstates the amount of new and non-duplicative discovery, and exaggerates the challenge of reviewing it effectively,” Smith and his prosecutors wrote in a court filing Monday.
“The Government is confident that the Court can and will, in this case as in any other, consider the parties’ proposals and its own calendar and navigate around true conflicts,” Smith wrote. “This case is not just complex or unusual. It is terra incognita,” Trump’s lawyers wrote. “No president has ever been charged with a crime for conduct committed while in office.”
“Comparisons to the height of the Washington Monument and the length of a Tolstoy novel are neither helpful nor insightful,“ Smith wrote.
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