Justice Merchan sets Trump’s NY criminal trial date for April 15.
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Today, the date was set for the first criminal trial of a former president—again.
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Trump has entered the courtroom. Seated next to his attorney Emil Bove, he leans back in his chair and looks over a document. Blanche whispers something in his ear.
Today marks the start of Trump's first criminal trial.
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spoke to
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,
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, and
@rparloff
about the case, how jury selection will work, our plans for covering the trial, and more, on today's Lawfare Podcast.
Today marks the start of Trump’s criminal trial in NY. Tune in to today’s
@lawfare
podcast for a primer on the case and what to expect in the coming weeks:
It’s a beautiful morning at 100 Centre Street in Manhattan.
I’m waiting in line with members of the press to attend the first criminal trial of a former president, Donald Trump, for
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And the second was Jack Smith's response to the standing discovery order in the case, notifying Judge Cannon that the DOJ has produced its first tranche of unclassified evidence for review by the Trump team.
More on this from
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New: Special Counsel Jack Smith informs Judge Cannon that the Justice Department has made its first production of unclassified evidence available for review by Trump’s defense team.
Among other things, includes some grand jury testimony, statements by Trump/Nauta, CCTV footage.
Also ICYMI: the trial team sat down to recap today’s summation marathon on Lawfare Live, NY trial dispatch—hosted by the inimitable
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! Catch up here:
A week after Trump's motion to delay due to pretrial publicity, the DA files opposition—noting this is Trump's eighth delay request. DAs' reasons are the same they brought up in last week's hearing: it's unlikely to abate, jury selection can mitigate, & Trump is making it worse.
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Is Trump likely to succeed if he files a motion to transfer venue in his Jan. 6 case?
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Day 16 of the 1st Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy trial starts shortly. USCP Ofc Harry Dunn is expected to testify about whether OKs “helped” him on J6, as defendants contend. I’ll be live-tweeting for
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. Day 15 began here:
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