Donald Trump: How the ex-president wants to get out of his problems

So many judges, so little time. Donald Trump’s upcoming flood of negotiations is leading to serious deadline bottlenecks. For example, it will be tricky on December 11th. This Monday there are two negotiations at two different locations. In Fort Pierce, Florida, Judge Aileen Cannon has scheduled a hearing on the documents indictment. At the same time, jury selection for the vote-tampering lawsuit begins in Atlanta, Georgia. Since neither can be done, Trump’s legal team is now asking Chairwoman Cannon to clarify the reasons for the “appointment overlap”.

Trump: Postpones trial to April 2026

Her decision is still pending, and yet she was now somewhat accommodating to the ex-US President. A protective order was actually supposed to be negotiated on August 25, but Cannon canceled this date for the time being. With this decree, Donald Trump is prohibited from making details from the court files public – for example to influence witnesses or jury members.

But of the four charges that have been approved against the ex-US President, the one in the state of Georgia probably weighs the heaviest. That is why Trump and his legal representatives are now pushing for the start of negotiations to be postponed to the never-ending day. Chief Prosecutor Jack Smith would like to start on January 2nd – less than two weeks before the start of the primary election that will determine the presidential candidates. This deadline raises the suspicion among many Republicans that it is politically motivated.

11.5 million pages of court material

“This process, which should never take place anyway because of the First Amendment, should begin after the election, if at all,” Trump pouted on his Truth Social network. With his lawyers, it sounds like this: “The public has an interest in justice and a fair trial, not in a hasty judgment.” Her main argument for postponing the trial to April 2026 is the not unjustified objection that it takes time to sift through the 11.5 million pages of material.

The procedure in Atlanta for election manipulation could be sensitive for the former head of state for several reasons: A telephone recording can be heard how Trump “asks” the local election official shortly after the outcome was announced to find missing votes to get the election result in his favour to change. Trump could not explain much more clearly that he would not recognize the election. In addition, the trial is to be broadcast on television and the Internet – but the courtroom is not the stage on which the stage pig Trump feels particularly comfortable.

New York judge is bursting at the seams

According to her, whether the responsible judge will listen to the objections of the accused will be decided on August 28, when the next hearing in the case is scheduled.

The lawyers would have to clarify among themselves whether and how the four judges coordinate the processes. In any case, there is no procedure in the USA for the case of parallel negotiations. “Neither the timing of the indictment nor the court hierarchy determines when which case will be heard,” writes US criminal lawyer Darryl Brown in “The Conversation”. Although the more serious allegations are often given priority, this can change again if important witnesses become available. “Usually, the different prosecutors negotiate with each other and decide which case should go first,” Brown said.

The Trump team is also playing for time in the New York defamation trial, where the judge’s collar has now burst. In a written statement accompanying a request by Trump’s defense attorneys, he wrote: “The case had stalled for years due to Mr. Trump’s repeated attempts to delay,” Lewis Kaplan said. The fourth challenge to his decisions is “dubious”.

The trial, also scheduled for next January, revolves around a $10 million claim for damages from Jean E. Carroll. The author had accused Trump of sexual assault and was partially right in May. After the verdict, the ex-president continued to verbally attack her, for which she is now demanding compensation.

Trump without evidence of election fraud

Whether the delaying tactic will work in the other cases is not yet foreseeable. But Trump’s increasingly aggressive rhetoric, with threats to judges and witnesses, is unlikely to help him. In an act of insight, he refrains from presenting alleged evidence of massive election fraud in November 2020. That, in turn, should have made the indictment in Georgia superfluous, he said recently. But the announced disclosure press conference let Trump go. According to his lawyers, it would have done him more harm than good. Now the team wants to present the evidence in the actual trial.

The former head of the White House also has no desire for the obligatory TV duel between the candidates. As US media reports, Donald Trump will skip the television debate on August 23. Instead, he could be interviewed by right-wing presenter Tucker Carlson. Again and again he let it be known that he did not feel like this mandatory appointment. Probably also because he clearly leads in the party’s internal polls and the other applicants have no chance. “A lot of people are asking if I’m going to be part of the debates,” he wrote on Truth Social. “People know my performance, one of the best. Why should I debate? I’m your man. Let’s make America great again,” said Trump confidently.

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