Mon Aug 28, 2023 – 4:26 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been scheduled to stand trial in one of his myriad impending criminal cases on March 4, the day before the tentatively-scheduled Super Tuesday; the timing has sparked allegations of “election interference” from Trump and other conservatives. Trump has vowed to appeal.
On Monday, Obama-appointed federal judge Tanya Chutkan set a trial date of March 4, 2024 for Trump to stand trial on charges that he interfered with the peaceful transfer of power in the 2020 presidential election. The case is one of the four separate criminal cases filed against Trump since he announced his campaign for re-election.
On August 1, the Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) handed down a four-count indictment that alleges that Trump committed Conspiracy to Defraud the United States, Conspiracy to Obstruct an Official Proceeding, Obstruction of and Attempt to Obstruct an Official Proceeding, and Conspiracy Against Rights when he objected to the certification of the 2020 election.
READ: Trump indicted by Biden DOJ for alleged Jan. 6 ‘conspiracy’ to overturn 2020 presidential election
The intended trial date comes one day before the tentatively-scheduled
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