Attorneys for former President Donald Trump argued prosecutors' proposed schedule in his Washington D.C. case will interfere with his Florida case and amounts to "gamesmanship by a partisan Department of Justice."
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/trump-says-proposed-trial-dates-show-partisan-department-justice
Trump faces 40 felony counts in Florida over his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House. That case is set to go to trial on May 20, 2024. Prosecutors have proposed a Jan. 2, 2024, trial date for the Washington D.C. case. In that case, Trump faces four felony counts related to allegations he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
"The Special Counsel’s strategy asking for a schedule in the D.C. Case that culminates in a proposed trial date of January 2, 2024, is not merely gamesmanship by a partisan Department of Justice, it is a miscarriage of justice," Trump's attorney wrote in a notice to U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon. "Moreover, it is in no way consistent with the directives set out in the Department of Justice Manual, which encourages all Department employees to, 'promote the reasoned exercise of prosecutorial authority and contribute to the fair, evenhanded administration of the federal criminal laws.' "
In the Washington D.C. case, Trump's attorneys have asked for a trial in April 2026, long after the 2024 presidential race.
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/trump-says-pr