The below is from the NY TIMES with their breaking news headline followed by the timeline below
extracted from the article (formatted to fit the blog):
“Trial in Trump FL Documents Case Set for May 20, 2024”
Judge Aileen M. Cannon rejected Trump’s request to delay the trial
until after the 2024 election but she also pushed the start date past the DOJ’s request for
December.
Cannon said in her a 7-page order that the two-week jury trial will
begin on May 20, 2024, at the courthouse in Fort Pierce, FL, where she sits.
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The FL documents case
is just one of the many other criminal and civil legal matters confronting Trump
as he seeks to return to the White House. They include:
1. Trump is under indictment in Manhattan on
charges stemming from hush-money payments to a porn star before the 2016
election. That case is scheduled to go to trial in March 2024.
2. He also could be indicted on federal charges
related to his efforts to remain in office after his defeat in the 2020
election (the so-called “fake electors” probe).
3. Trump also faces DA in Fulton County, GA who is
completing her investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn his election loss
in Georgia.
4. He also faces a civil trial on fraud in NY in October 2023.
5. Trump still faces still another trial on whether
he defamed the writer E. Jean Carroll that is set to open on January 15 — the
same day as the GOP Iowa caucuses.
6. Trump, his company, and three of his children face
a civil lawsuit on January 29, 2024 that accuses him and his
family of using the family name to entice vulnerable people to invest in sham
business opportunities.
Key Date Notes:
The Cannon docs trial decision (made on July 21 and set for May 20, 2024) is a
mere 2 months before the GOP nominating convention in Milwaukee on July 15-18,
2024 and that is only 4 months before the November 5, 2024 election.
So from Cannon’s decision on July 21, 2023 that sets the trial
date of May 20, 2024, that amounts to a full 16 months until election day 2024
(November 5, 2024).
My 2 Cents: I suspect more delays from Judge Cannon that will
appease Trump as another excuse to delay attempt as his campaign events unfold.
Why do I say that?
I simply do not trust or
believe Judge Cannon and her loyalty to the law. Her loyalty seems to be to Trump
who gave her the job she now holds.
We must wait and see who
is right about her timeline that she has established for that May 20, 2024
trial date.
On the surface it appears
to favor Trump and his expected delay tactics as I said. I may be wrong, but I
don’t think so.
We shall see, so stay
tuned.
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