March 4 trial date set for Trump in federal case charging him with plotting to overturn election

TIM CALLERY, WHO’S LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM NOW TIM. WELL, THE FORMER PRESIDENT ENTERED NOT GUILTY PLEAS THIS EVENING FOR CHARGES OF CONSPIRING TO OVERTURN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. NOW, CAMERAS WERE NOT ALLOWED INSIDE THE COURTHOUSE FOR TODAY’S ARRAIGNMENT. THIS IS A SKETCH OF THE HALLWAY JUST OUTSIDE THAT COURTROOM. THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS PROCESSED BY THE US MARSHALS OFFICE BEFORE THE HEARING BEGAN. NOW, AMONG THE CHARGES, HE FACES CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES AND CONSPIRACY AGAINST VOTING RIGHTS. PROSECUTORS ALLEGE THAT MR. TRUMP AND SIX COCONSPIRATORS CREATED FAKE ELECTORS IN SEVEN TARGETED STATES TO CAST FRAUDULENT ELECTORAL BALLOTS IN FAVOR OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT. THEY ALSO ACCUSED HIM OF ATTEMPTING TO USE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO OPEN SHAM ELECTION CRIME INVESTIGATION. NOW, HIS LAWYERS ARGUED THAT HE HAD FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO EXPRESS HIS FEELINGS ABOUT THE 2020 OUTCOME. TRUMP HIMSELF HAS DENIED ALL WRONGDOING, CALLING THE INDICTMENT POLITICAL PERSECUTION. HE SPOKE WITH REPORTERS AFTER HIS ARRAIGNMENT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT’S HAPPENING, THIS IS A PERSECUTION OF A POLITICAL OPPONENT. THIS WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN AMERICA. THIS IS THE PERSECUTION OF THE PERSON THAT’S LEADING BY VERY, VERY SUBSTANTIAL NUMBERS IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. THE FIRST HEARING IN THIS CASE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 28TH. MR. TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO HOLD A CAMPAIGN RALLY AT WINDHAM HIGH SCHOOL ON TUESDAY.

A judge has set a March 4 trial date for Donald Trump in the federal case in Washington charging the former president with trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election.The decision from U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan denied a defense request to push the trial back until April 2026, about a year and a half after the 2024 election, but also sets it later than the January date proposed by special counsel Jack Smith’s team.Chutkan made it clear to both sides at the outset of Monday's status conference that she considered neither proposal acceptable.“These proposals are obviously very far apart,” she said. “Neither of them is acceptable.”Trump, a Republican, was charged earlier this month in a four-count indictment with scheming to undo his loss to Joe Biden, a Democrat, in the 2020 election.The federal election subversion prosecution is one of four criminal cases against Trump. Smith’s team has brought a separate federal case accusing him of illegally retaining classified documents at his Palm Beach, Florida, property, Mar-a-Lago, and refusing to give them back. That case is currently set for trial next May 20.Video below: Trump gives statement after 2020 election arraignmentTrump also faces state cases in New York and Georgia. Manhattan prosecutors have charged him with falsifying business records in connection with a hush money payment to a porn actor who has said she had an extramarital affair with Trump, while prosecutors in Fulton County, Georgia, have charged Trump and 18 others in a racketeering conspiracy aimed at undoing that state’s 2020 election.Trump, the early front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, surrendered Thursday in that case, posing with a scowling face for the first mug shot in American history of a former U.S. president. He has claimed the investigations of him are politically motivated and are an attempt to damage his chances of winning back the White House.

WASHINGTON —

A judge has set a March 4 trial date for Donald Trump in the federal case in Washington charging the former president with trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

The decision from U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan denied a defense request to push the trial back until April 2026, about a year and a half after the 2024 election, but also sets it later than the January date proposed by special counsel Jack Smith’s team.

Chutkan made it clear to both sides at the outset of Monday's status conference that she considered neither proposal acceptable.

“These proposals are obviously very far apart,” she said. “Neither of them is acceptable.”

Trump, a Republican, was charged earlier this month in a four-count indictment with scheming to undo his loss to Joe Biden, a Democrat, in the 2020 election.

The federal election subversion prosecution is one of four criminal cases against Trump. Smith’s team has brought a separate federal case accusing him of illegally retaining classified documents at his Palm Beach, Florida, property, Mar-a-Lago, and refusing to give them back. That case is currently set for trial next May 20.

Video below: Trump gives statement after 2020 election arraignment

Trump also faces state cases in New York and Georgia. Manhattan prosecutors have charged him with falsifying business records in connection with a hush money payment to a porn actor who has said she had an extramarital affair with Trump, while prosecutors in Fulton County, Georgia, have charged Trump and 18 others in a racketeering conspiracy aimed at undoing that state’s 2020 election.

Trump, the early front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, surrendered Thursday in that case, posing with a scowling face for the first mug shot in American history of a former U.S. president. He has claimed the investigations of him are politically motivated and are an attempt to damage his chances of winning back the White House.

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