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By Andrew Goudsward

WASHINGTON—With less than six months to prepare for his federal election-interference trial, Donald Trump’s lawyers are turning to a familiar strategy for the former president: long-shot legal motions that publicly criticize the case and raise novel questions that could serve to delay it. In a heated hearing last week, Trump lawyer John Lauro said he couldn’t build a full-throated defense for his client in the months remaining before the March 2024 start date and pressed the judge for more time. Short of that, Trump’s team has promised—but not yet filed—a flurry of requests that legal experts say probably won’t derail the criminal trial in Washington but could delay it by raising complicated legal issues that might take time to sort out.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges in the Georgia election subversion case, joining two other allies of former President Donald Trump.

By Sarah N. Lynch and Andrew Goudsward

AP, the judge dismissed the defence's request to delay the trial by multiple years. Judge Tanya Chutkan refuted the assertions made by Trump's legal team, who had argued that an April 2026 trial date was necessary due to the extensive evidence review and the unique nature of the prosecution.

By Sarah N. Lynch

Joe Biden ’s electoral victory in Georgia, marking the fourth time the former president has been indicted this year and deepening his legal woes ahead of the 2024 election. Trump faces a total of 13 charges, alleging a criminal racketeering scheme in which he pressured public officials and conspired to commit forgery, create false statements and file false documents. Mar-a-Lago classified-document investigation Special counsel Jack Smith issued an indictment in June related to classified documents found at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home that contained information about sensitive military secrets and nuclear programs.

Donald Trump on Thursday requested an April 2026 trial date on the federal charges that he conspired to overturn the 2020 election — long after next year's presidential vote. The request comes as lead prosecutor Jack Smith is pushing for a January 2 start date in the case, one of four criminal prosecutions that Trump is facing in the middle of his White House reelection campaign.

Also read: ‘No president has ever…’ Donald Trump's legal team seeks to postpone trial until 2026; here's why Saurav Ghosh, a former lawyer at the Federal Election Commission and now the director of federal campaign finance reform for the Campaign Legal Center said, “Is that an abuse of donors?" While the legality might be less questionable, using funds raised for a specific purpose – Trump's campaign – for other uses like legal expenses raises concerns about ethical standards. He added, "I think it sets a very bad precedent." The focus on Save America's fundraising strategies has captured the attention of investigators, including special counsel Jack Smith, who has brought indictments against Trump in Washington and Florida.

Atlanta. Willis’ prosecutors could still try the case in the federal venue. But such requests, made within the first 30 days of charges, haven’t been granted to Trump in the past.

Donald Trump on Monday was indicted on multiple state charges that he allegedly conspired to interfere in the vote tally in Georgia in 2020 and urged his closest allies to take steps that would overturn his loss to President Joe Biden in the battleground state.

Also read: Atlanta Grand Jury to Hear Trump Case This Week: What to Watch The Fulton County court clerk's office released a statement indicating that no documents had been submitted on Monday concerning the ongoing grand jury proceedings related to the case. The office referred to a "fictitious document that has been circulated online," although it did not specifically confirm whether it referred to the document containing criminal charges against Trump.

Reuters. Two witnesses on Saturday confirmed that they have been told to appear before a grand jury in Atlanta on Tuesday, August 15, the clearest indication yet that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will lay out her case to the jury after more than two years of investigating. If Trump is charged in Georgia, it would mark his fourth indictment in less than five months, and the second to arise from his efforts to overturn Joe Biden's 2020 victory, Reuters reported.

By Joseph Ax

Donald Trump obtained a search warrant for the former president's Twitter account in January and the company delayed complying, according to a U.S. appeals court opinion on Wednesday. The U.S.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Jack Smith, the U.S. special counsel who is investigating Donald Trump, obtained a search warrant for the former president's Twitter account in January and the social media platform delayed complying, a court filing on Wednesday showed.

A federal judge presiding over former President Donald Trump's trial on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election has ordered his attorneys and federal prosecutors to appear in court on Friday for a hearing to help determine how evidence can be used and shared in the case. U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan set the hearing for Friday at 10 a.m.

Lawyers for Donald Trump have opposed a request from the U.S. Justice Department to limit what the former president shares publicly related to the 2020 election case.

Ron DeSantis said definitively that rival Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, an acknowledgement the Florida governor made after years of equivocating answers. «Of course he lost,» DeSantis said an interview with NBC News posted Monday. "Joe Biden's the president." DeSantis has often sidestepped questions about whether he believes the 2020 election results were legitimate.

By Susan Heavey